November 13, 2022 – 2:11 PM
Passengers on the plane going to Tampa saw the subject threatening to injure several people with the blade, whose entry into the cabin is prohibited
The Frontier Airlines flight was diverted to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport where a person, who was not identified by police, was taken into custody.
Authorities later found a second box cutter among the suspect’s belongings. Nobody was hurt.
Lillian Hoffman, who was on that flight, recounted that the individual threatened to harm others with the knives.
“When he went to the bathroom, the passenger at the window looked at me and said, ‘He has a knife and he told me he was going to hurt someone. We have to do something,’” Hoffman told WLWT-News.
“So I went to where the flight attendants were at the front of the plane and told them there’s a guy who has a box cutter and he’s threatening to hurt people,” he added.
After the emergency landing and the arrest of the individual, the airline disembarked the other passengers and canceled the flight.
Box cutters are prohibited on airplanes. It was not clear how the subject managed to get that tool into the plane. In a statement, the Transportation Security Administration said it has opened an investigation into the case.
FUENTE: AP
