"Lufthansa offered its 'regret' over the incident, saying it had embarked on an internal search 'with the utmost care and urgency' to recover the Oscar."
"The statuette went missing after Talankin was forced to check the award into hold luggage on a flight from New York to Germany."
"Talankin said it was 'completely baffling how they consider an Oscar a weapon.'"
"Talankin's documentary was based on footage that he gathered at a school where he worked in Russia's Chelyabinsk region to show how students were exposed to pro-war messaging."
Lufthansa found an Oscar statuette belonging to Pavel Talankin, who won for his documentary 'Mr. Nobody Against Putin.' The statuette went missing after TSA required it to be checked as luggage. Lufthansa expressed regret over the incident and confirmed the statuette is now in their care in Frankfurt. They are working to return it to Talankin promptly. An internal review is ongoing to understand how the award went missing. Talankin expressed confusion over TSA's classification of the Oscar as a potential weapon.
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