Delta passenger accused of threatening seatmate with a knife
Sep 20, 2011, 10:35 pm
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Delta passenger accused of threatening seatmate with a knife
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Well done, TSA.
Court documents allege that before his Delta flight's scheduled departure Sunday, Anderson elbowed the passenger next to him to "claim" an armrest, then placed his foot on the person's leg, prompting the seatmate to tell Anderson to move over.
The complaint says Anderson threatened the passenger saying, "If I have a knife, I would slit your throat."
The complaint says responding officers found a knife in Anderson's bag. After his arrest, the complaint says, he threatened police and FBI agents.
The complaint says Anderson threatened the passenger saying, "If I have a knife, I would slit your throat."
The complaint says responding officers found a knife in Anderson's bag. After his arrest, the complaint says, he threatened police and FBI agents.
Sep 21, 2011, 1:29 am
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Sep 21, 2011, 7:58 am
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I think he needs an anger management program
From other sources:
The complaint says Anderson threatened the passenger saying, "If I have a knife, I would slit your throat." The seatmate reportedly told flight attendants that Anderson reached into his bag a few times with something cupped in his hand.
The complaint says responding officers found a knife in Anderson's bag. After his arrest, the complaint says, he threatened police and FBI agents, the Associated Press reports.
Once Anderson reached the police station, he started threatening police and FBI agents with various interesting phrases such as:"Your days are not long," "It's a shotgun in the chest," "I'll pull your eyeballs out," and "It will give me a lot of pleasure to see you again, but you won't see me, bucko."
From other sources:
The complaint says Anderson threatened the passenger saying, "If I have a knife, I would slit your throat." The seatmate reportedly told flight attendants that Anderson reached into his bag a few times with something cupped in his hand.
The complaint says responding officers found a knife in Anderson's bag. After his arrest, the complaint says, he threatened police and FBI agents, the Associated Press reports.
Once Anderson reached the police station, he started threatening police and FBI agents with various interesting phrases such as:"Your days are not long," "It's a shotgun in the chest," "I'll pull your eyeballs out," and "It will give me a lot of pleasure to see you again, but you won't see me, bucko."
Sep 21, 2011, 8:33 am
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Gerber Knife Gets Past TSA at SLC
A passenger got a 3.5-inch Gerber knife aboard an SLC-LAS flight and threatened to slit the throat of his seatmate during a duel for armrest rights.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...olice-say.html
I am sure TSA will shortly announce that the failure of SLC screeners to detect this deadly weapon does not reflect on the more than 60,000 dedicated TSA personnel working to keep us safe.
On an unrelated note, I passed through a checkpoint at DL T3 / JFK last weekend and TSA failed to detect a whole 16.9oz bottle of iced tea in my briefcase that I had forgotten about. Found it when I got home to Seattle. It looks just like gasoline.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...olice-say.html
I am sure TSA will shortly announce that the failure of SLC screeners to detect this deadly weapon does not reflect on the more than 60,000 dedicated TSA personnel working to keep us safe.
On an unrelated note, I passed through a checkpoint at DL T3 / JFK last weekend and TSA failed to detect a whole 16.9oz bottle of iced tea in my briefcase that I had forgotten about. Found it when I got home to Seattle. It looks just like gasoline.
Sep 21, 2011, 11:07 pm
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This is very bad security in SLC. They have to improved the aviation security levels. TSA is not responsibility to screened all carryon bag and cannot be slip through. This is unacceptable for the screeners' behavior. Must be slip through liquid, gels and weapons, too. That is why TSA is failed to screened all passengers checkpoint.
THis is uncommon sense to TSA in SLC. They did not search the weapons, knives and excess is over 3.4oz LAG restrictions. I would considering to some screener will eventually to fired or dismissed from the job. They have to required to retraining in the classroom is approximately for 40 hours. They did not have be responsibility to screened the carryon bags. Could be firing some TSA officer or if ever they will resigned. It's reasonable to try get better training in classroom for 40 hours a day and they have training at security checkpoint and must to be secured the bags. One of them who have no aviation security experienced before.
THis is uncommon sense to TSA in SLC. They did not search the weapons, knives and excess is over 3.4oz LAG restrictions. I would considering to some screener will eventually to fired or dismissed from the job. They have to required to retraining in the classroom is approximately for 40 hours. They did not have be responsibility to screened the carryon bags. Could be firing some TSA officer or if ever they will resigned. It's reasonable to try get better training in classroom for 40 hours a day and they have training at security checkpoint and must to be secured the bags. One of them who have no aviation security experienced before.