Originally Posted by WillTravel
The question is how did he get an axe on board, and the likely answer is complete lack of security, based on my limited experience at a small airport in Norway.
Don't intra-Alaska commuter flights still operate without checkpoints? The type of a/c involved in this axe incident was a Do228, which is roughly the same size as the Dash-8s and other smaller prop a/c that run within AK sans security.