Man allowed on plane despite hidden razor

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | Wednesday, October 22, 2003 | Associated Press

[Willie Green]

A man was detained yesterday after being allowed to take a flight despite having tried to board a plane with a knife in his carry-on luggage and a box cutter or razor in his shoe, authorities said.

The man, who was not immediately identified, was detained in Pittsburgh while on his way from Erie to Fort Myers, Fla., said FBI spokesman Bill Crowley. It was unclear whether he would be charged with any crime, Crowley said.

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Bagnoni said airport police had little choice but to let the man continue on his flight because he didn't break any local or state laws and federal authorities had not requested that he be held.

Huh?

[Gunrunner2]

So, if I get "caught" with toe-nail clippers I will be detained until the feds arrive??

Lunacy.

[concerned about politics]

The man told an airport police officer the knife was in his bag because he was going on a diving trip. He said the tool in his shoe was likely planted by friends

Nice "friends."
He 's GOT to know knives aren't allowed on planes since 9/11, and what kind of "friend" would set him up with the Feds like that?
Sounds weird to me.

[dead]

Nobody will ever be able to hijack another American plane with a knife. All they'll get is a serious ass kicking.

They should take their box cutters and go hijack a French plane.

[Flyer]

But Bagnoni said he believed the man was likely trying to test security

Everyone that is caught will now claim they were just testing security.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Two questions:

Was his name LeRoy Brown?

Did they get the .32 out of his pocket?

[Tacis]

Recruit Muslims who are not suicidal maniacs but who are willing to take action against Americans and Christians. Have them try to get through security with marginal weapons and then, when caught, SCREAM "Racial Profiling!!!" With a dozen of incidents a year, the Muslim terrorists operating freely in our country will either be able to fund future operations from their settlements with the EEOC on the racial profiling (America-Hater Berry and her friends are still involved) or move up to bigger and better weapons brought safely past airport security personnel forbidden to question terrorist looking guys.

[biffalobull]

Nobody will ever be able to hijack another American plane with a knife. All they'll get is a serious ass kicking.

A Knife? My 82 year old sister who uses a walker, had a plastic crochet hook and two balls of wool confiscated.

I guess she could have thrown the balls of wool at the pilot

[concerned about politics]

A Knife? My 82 year old sister who uses a walker, had a plastic crochet hook and two balls of wool confiscated.

She was politically incorrect. Wool is an animal product. Why, that's just as bad as Islamofacist terrorism, because animals have rights too!! It's a good thing they stopped her. She's a very, very dangerous woman! (/S)

[ShorelineMike]

Two questions:

1. Was his name LeRoy Brown?
2. Did they get the .32 out of his pocket?

Naw ... it was in there just "for fun," you see ... (LOL)

(Darn, you're fast. :-) )

[Hegemony Cricket]

Thanks - although some people say I look like a jigsaw puzzle with a coupla pieces gone!

[Tom Bombadil]

Lunacy.

And not very likely to happen either because there are likely hundreds of such incidents every day where small items are taken from passengers.

Don't be surprised though, if a small fine is imposed for such things.....a lot like a parking ticket..... It could happen.

[null and void]

A Knife? My 82 year old sister who uses a walker, had a plastic crochet hook and two balls of wool confiscated.

I guess she could have thrown the balls of wool at the pilot

They were afraid she was going to knit an afghan...

[null and void]

The man, who was not immediately identified,

Wanna bet his name is Mohammad, Achmed, Yusif, or has a 'bin' in it?

[Badray]

That's what we need. More bureaucrats and more goons writing tickets for grandmothers with knitting needles and war heroes with the Medal of Honor. When will the lunacy end? There has not been, nor will there be a hijacking by a grandmother or a MOH war hero.

[CAPPSMADNESS]

Huh?? is right!

[MississippiMan]

This sounds like a really opportune time to voice the mantra I've been using since shortly after 9/11: Common sense has left the building.

MM

[biffalobull]

She was politically incorrect. Wool is an animal product. Why, that's just as bad as Islamofacist terrorism, because animals have rights too!! It's a good thing they stopped her. She's a very, very dangerous woman! (/S)

Concerned, Thank you for the info. on being politically correct. I don't know if my sister gives a damn about that, as she was married to a rodeo cowboy for 50 years. I will mention it to her, so she knows next time. Regards :>)

[biffalobull]

They were afraid she was going to knit an afghan...

Look null, enough is enough, and I don't think it is proper for you to insinuate the Afgani's had anything to do with this war. Regards:>)