Knife on airplane news story

[dsvirsky]

Apparently, an Alaska Airlines flight from San Francisco to Seattle was delayed for about an hour after a passenger started cleaning his nails with a six-inch hunting knife, startling other passengers and the flight attendant. It's reported that the man took of his shirt, boots and socks before taking out the knife. The man refused to surrender the knife to the captain and eventually was removed by a security officer.

When I heard this on the news this morning, my first thought was that the uneducated masses had over-reacted, once again. But taking off your shirt, boots, and socks??? That's just completely out of line.



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Dave

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[Old Knife Guy]

...hyperbole, pure hyperbole! I had my socks on...--OKG

 

[Ron Andersen]

Here's a couple of short and similar local stories (Alaska Airlines is a Seattle-based company--that is where I'm from).

www.king5.com/localnews/storydetail.html?StoryID=9967
www.komotv.com/news/story.asp?ID=8118

On TV news this morning, I heard that how he got past security was that he said he had a valid hunting permit.

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[Keith Montgomery]

Sounds like the the guy was just getting comfortable, I don't know what all the fuss was about.
If a guy took of his shirt, shoes and socks, then pulled out a six inch knife, I would be a little concerned myself. Sounds a little of the wall to me.
You mean all you need is a valid hunting license to carry a knife on a plane? I think they would at least make you put it in your luggage.

 

[James Y]

The guy sounds like an idiot. It's idiots like this that creates knee-jerk reactions in non-knife people, and cause more restrictive anti-knife legislation. Although in this case, the concern was probably justified, as he obviously has something wrong with him.

Taking off your shirt, boots, and socks, then pulling out a 6-inch knife to clean fingernails on an airplane?? I think the guy wanted to get arrested.
Jim

 

[Boriqua]

Yup Though I hate rushing to judgement based on appearence .... any bone head who undresses on a plane and then takes out a 6inch knife to clean his nails just reenforces the notion of all knife carrier's everywhere as looney material. Did he scream "There someone out on the wing" jerks like this screw it up for everyone !!

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[Vampire Gerbil]

Good Evening,
It is me.

What I wanna know is how the hell did the guy get a 6 inch hunting knife past those incredibly, super-duper tained security guards?

Whenever I go on a plane, I'm always delayed due to the steel insert in my penile implant, and that's only 1.5 inches in length!

Now having a new reason to be afraid to fly on iron birds,
I remain,
VG
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[Steve-O]

...chuckle...

OKG - You CAN get them off, if you want...right? Was that the next thing after the fingernails?

 

[Richard M. French]

This was on the "West Coast". Other than the knife the guy fits in perfectly.

 

[Matches]

He was planning on shaving unwanted hair no doubt

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[Samurai6]

It is perfect irony that airport security which is so brilliant at dettering the presence of harmless pocket knives would allow a nut to carry on a six inch hunting knife. A network engineer with a serrated Delica: cuff him and strip search him! A lunatic with a Rambo knife: Please go right on board. Ha, haa! Perfect.

 

[Dragon1]

What's 1.5 inches, the implant, or the...

 

[Champion]

VG - I am recovering from a severe long-term sickness/disease. I'm told that sincere laughing is helpful. All I need do is read your posts, and I'm well on my way to complete recovery. Thanks for the laughs!

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[jackG]

I work with a guy, a retired Col. in the US Army, a native of Alabama, who swears the guy doing his nails on the plane is his cousin. The only place I had heard about it was in this thread, so I was kind of shocked when he mentioned it.

He told us his cousin had his shoes and socks off to do his toenails (must be a pedicure specialist) with a bowie knife and got his a#$ arrested. You've gotta' ask yourself how he got a bowie knife through the metal detectors while the rest of us are having to toss loose change and paper clips into those d*^&%$# tin soup bowls.

I'd better find out if it really was his cousin and if so, how he stiffed security.

 

[dogboye]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Steve Harvey:
It is perfect irony that airport security which is so brilliant at dettering the presence of harmless pocket knives would allow a nut to carry on a six inch hunting knife. A network engineer with a serrated Delica: cuff him and strip search him! A lunatic with a Rambo knife: Please go right on board. Ha, haa! Perfect.</font>

Settle DOWN! We don't need talk like that on here!

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[2thehilt]

I hope that this has nothing to do with the USPS priority box I got today. It had 6 knives in it, which is the norm for me, but on the outside of the box was an airplane inside a circle with a slash through it and the words "Surface transport only, due to heightened airline security", yikes!

They were CRKT knives. Maybe big brother is really watching.

Phil

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[Esav Benyamin]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">... on the outside of the box was an airplane inside a circle with a slash through it and the words "Surface transport only, due to heightened airline security", yikes!
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Incredible! Let's advertise to anyone passing by that the contents are DANGEROUS and maybe worth stealing ...

I get knives in boxes where the name of the company is just initials and nothing on the box says 'sharp object'. Plain brown wrapper! (My knives are obscenely beautiful.)