US Airways Dividend Miles (Pre-FlightFund Merger) - Breaking news: Box cutter found on PHL-PHX flight, passengers evacuated

Just on Phila. TV news:

Plane outgoing plane evacuated due to box
cutters found on floor of US PHL-PHX flight.
Plane came in from Houston.

RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! RUN!

it's a *gasp* box cutter!

run screaming into the streets waving your arms in the air...

box cutters! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by GetReal:
RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! RUN!

it's a *gasp* box cutter!

run screaming into the streets waving your arms in the air...

box cutters! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!</font>

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new details:

flight 177, gate c29

plane is in FBI custody, passengers undergoing rescreening, outgoing customer
getting on plane discovered them on the floor. Just goes to show you that the plane
as usual was filfthy as usual and they
probabably only removed the obvious trash.

Stupid!!!!!!

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"Give me Liberty or give me Death." - Patrick Henry

Just checked the web site and in the notes it says that the cancellation is due to aircraft maintenance affecting a prior flight.

Unbelievable

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by phllax:
Just checked the web site and in the notes it says that the cancellation is due to aircraft maintenance affecting a prior flight.

Unbelievable</font>

Typical... http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/rolleyes.gif

In the news, it was reported that the box cutter was found in one of the seat pockets.
Now the security will be backed up even longer.

Jane in PHL (tries not to use the pocket and certainly does not explore their depths)

Throw away or ignore any "contraband" you find. Don't help the TSA continue this stupidity!

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"Give me Liberty or give me Death." - Patrick Henry

[This message has been edited by Spiff (edited 10-29-2003).]

A sense of humor is one thing, but these were the same weapons that killed several crew members. I really dont find this too funny.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by kdinino:
A sense of humor is one thing, but these were the same weapons that killed several crew members. I really dont find this too funny.</font>

I don't find it funny at all either.

I find the infantile response by the US government to the discovery of a small knife to be completely over the top.

Shoelaces have been used to kill before - are you afraid of them as well?

Any "weapon" could have killed the crew members - or none at all. Martial arts would have sufficed.

Box cutters did not cause 9/11. Pilots opening cockpit doors and people cooperating terrorists did. Since neither will happen again, box cutters and other similar objects are not credible weapons to hijack an airplane. Continuing to ban them and waste people's time and violate their civil liberties searching for them is ludicrous, if not borderline criminally negligent.

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[This message has been edited by Spiff (edited 10-29-2003).]

Break a glass and you have a sharp weapon too....wait, can't do that on US


<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by FWAAA:
I don't find it funny at all either.

I find the infantile response by the US government to the discovery of a small knife to be completely over the top.

Shoelaces have been used to kill before - are you afraid of them as well?</font>

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by rd7242:
Break a glass and you have a sharp weapon too....wait, can't do that on US</font>

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Seriously though, I'll just say this: "What Spiff said."

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by rd7242:
Break a glass and you have a sharp weapon too....wait, can't do that on US


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Hey, that plastic cup can be sharp. Also I got a paper cut one time from the Attache magazine.