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So I accidentally carried a knife on board.

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Martin

Lifer
About two weeks ago I brought this small keychain butterfly knife (the blade is about 5cm/2") and put it in my backpack. Apperantly I forgot to move it to my regular luggage when I travelled yesterday and during the flight (Vienna-Toronto) I remembered that its in the front pocket, heh.

Doesn't that make everyone feel safer? 😉
 
Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak
About two weeks ago I brought this small keychain butterfly knife (the blade is about 5cm/2") and put it in my backpack. Apperantly I forgot to move it to my regular luggage when I travelled yesterday and during the flight (Vienna-Toronto) I remembered that its in the front pocket, heh.

Doesn't that make everyone feel safer? 😉
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At least it wasn't a box cutter. 😛
 
what should you do in that situation? nothing and just pretend you don't have one? or do you tell a stewardess that you made an honest, albeit dumb, mistake?
 
About 7-8 years ago, I bought a lighter that had a little button on it. When the button was pressed a blade slid out the top of the lighter. It was, however, still a working lighter. It was great, cause at the time, we traveled abroad a lot, and a mom and daughter... alone... well, it gave us comfort.. When not traveling, the lighter stayed in a little compartment in the carry on travel bag....

Fast forward...

A year ago, VeggieFrog took that travel bag to the UK... she was not questioned when leaving the USA. Upon returning she threw her stuff in it, and proceeeded to board a plane from Manchester, UK to Newark, USA. She had long ago forgotten that the lighter was in the bag, even on her outbound trip and when she dropped in on the conveyor belt it hit the button and out came the blade. It was spotted immediately in the X-Ray machine. She was arrested under the anti-terrorism act. Her passport was due to expire in two days, and she NEEDED to get back to the USA before then, or she would have been SOL without a valid passport in a foreign country.

The police came... they took her out of the airport, and down to the police station. She had just turned 18, so was of legal majority. And there she sat... crying her eyes out... trying to explain that it her her Mum's and that she hadnt used the travel bag in so many years, she had no idea it was still there, and her passport was due to expire, and .... She was really scared!!!

The police believed her and felt so bad... her sitting there, crying her eyes out.... that they took her back to the airport and got her on the next plane home. She was SOOOOOOO relieved and mad at me for leaving the knife there...

🙂
 
Thats alright, did you ever see one of these: http://www.toollogic.com/


I've got one in my wallet. Seeing that you put your wallet in one of those little baskets, it's easy as pie to get it onboard. Of course, I remove it for flights anyway, but you get the idea.
 
Originally posted by: gigapet
what would you do with it anyways? STAB YOUR WAY INTO THE ENGINE BLOCK AND JAM IT IN THERE!
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Yeah, I bet he was going to hop out onto the wing and stab the V8 powering the plane!

 
Originally posted by: MartyTheManiak

Doesn't that make everyone feel safer? 😉
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I do. If you or a terrorist had whipped out a 2" butterfly knife or a 6" butterfly knife or even a machette, you'd have gotten the beatdown of a lifetime from the passengers.

The Sept 11 attack worked only because the passengers didn't expect that they'd fly the plane into a building. When they found out what happened to the other planes, the passengers on flight 93 did exactly what everyone would do if it happened again today.
 
Originally posted by: KarenMarie
A year ago, VeggieFrog took that travel bag to the UK... she was not questioned when leaving the USA. Upon returning she threw her stuff in it, and proceeeded to board a plane from Manchester, UK to Newark, USA. She had long ago forgotten that the lighter was in the bag, even on her outbound trip and when she dropped in on the conveyor belt it hit the button and out came the blade. It was spotted immediately in the X-Ray machine. She was arrested under the anti-terrorism act. Her passport was due to expire in two days, and she NEEDED to get back to the USA before then, or she would have been SOL without a valid passport in a foreign country.

The police came... they took her out of the airport, and down to the police station. She had just turned 18, so was of legal majority. And there she sat... crying her eyes out... trying to explain that it her her Mum's and that she hadnt used the travel bag in so many years, she had no idea it was still there, and her passport was due to expire, and .... She was really scared!!!

The police believed her and felt so bad... her sitting there, crying her eyes out.... that they took her back to the airport and got her on the next plane home. She was SOOOOOOO relieved and mad at me for leaving the knife there...

🙂
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moral of the story,

crying gets you out of sh1t.
🙂
 
Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt
Originally posted by: gigapet
what would you do with it anyways? STAB YOUR WAY INTO THE ENGINE BLOCK AND JAM IT IN THERE!
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Yeah, I bet he was going to hop out onto the wing and stab the V8 powering the plane!
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v-8 v-10 rotary engine rocket engine i dont know whatever it is i dont thihnk the plane would have felll from the sky from anything he could do with that little letter opener.
 
i once was travelling through the US and they put my wallet through the x-ray machine which had a swiss army card in it, they took it away and said it was illegal to carry it.. then they let me on the flight.
 
Originally posted by: austin316
what should you do in that situation? nothing and just pretend you don't have one? or do you tell a stewardess that you made an honest, albeit dumb, mistake?
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pretend like nothing happened. some guy a while ago accidently brough ta gun into an airport, he turned himself in, then got himself arrested
 
Originally posted by: andylawcc


moral of the story,

crying gets you out of sh1t.
🙂
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Hahaha!! I suppose you could say that... it certainly helped the situation.

But it was not theatrical preformance. VeggieFrog is quite innocent in many ways. She just turned 18, and was terrified. Of being arrested, of being called a terrorist and of being stranded overseas without a valid passport. And she's a girl... girls cry.

🙂



 
Originally posted by: Modeps
Thats alright, did you ever see one of these: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.toollogic.com/
">http://www.toollogic.com/
</a>

I've got one in my wallet. Seeing that you put your wallet in one of those little baskets, it's easy as pie to get it onboard. Of course, I remove it for flights anyway, but you get the idea.
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And after it hits the basket, the basket is supposed to go through the xray. If it doesn't, someon is not doing their job properly.

 
Originally posted by: Modeps
Thats alright, did you ever see one of these: <a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.toollogic.com/
">http://www.toollogic.com/
</a>

I've got one in my wallet. Seeing that you put your wallet in one of those little baskets, it's easy as pie to get it onboard. Of course, I remove it for flights anyway, but you get the idea.
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What would happen if I taped that to the back of my ipod, which is also made of aluminum? How does that show up on xray machines?

What pisses me off is that I often times take no checked baggage but want to take some tools with me (I repair POS equipment and PC's) and picking up a screwdriver after I get onsite is a PITA.

I mean seriously, a damned mechanical pencil is more of a impaling threat than a screwdriver. And you don't see me having any troubles bringing those through. :|
 
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