A pair of scissors in some luggage causes major delays at Brisbane airport
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[QUOTE]A pair of scissors is to blame for flight delays and 2000 passengers being re-screened by Brisbane airport security on Monday morning.
A Brisbane Airport Corporation spokeswoman said the security breach at the international terminal was detected just before 9am, when the scissors were found in a bag going through a screening point.
It is believed that security were unable to find the owner of the bag, and it is not known if they have been tracked down.
Passengers on three flights due to board would be screened first, the airport spokeswoman said
“We'll always err on the side of caution. We apologise for any inconvenience. This is something we take very seriously," she said.
“There will be a full investigation into it. If it's an honest mistake that person will be allowed to go on their way.”
Read more: [url]http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/brisbane-airport-delays-caused-by-pair-of-scissors-20140324-35cnn.html#ixzz2wqkAUrin[/url][/QUOTE]
Short article, posted it all
Considering all the hype about MH-370 going missing I don't blame them for wanting to be tight with security, better to be late to where-ever you're going than having cracks in security.
[QUOTE=Tasm;44336015]Considering all the hype about MH-370 going missing I don't blame them for wanting to be tight with security, better to be late to where-ever you're going than having cracks in security.[/QUOTE]
But a pair of fucking scissors?
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;44336036]But a pair of fucking scissors?[/QUOTE]
scissors are actually fucking deadly.
unless they're the safe preschooler ones you can stab the flipping turds out of someone with a scissor blade.
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;44336036]But a pair of fucking scissors?[/QUOTE]
ha ha i know right its not like you can stab someone with them
wait
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;44336176]scissors are actually fucking deadly.
unless they're the safe preschooler ones you can stab the flipping turds out of someone with a scissor blade.[/QUOTE]
so are the steak knives they give you in first class when you're [I]already on the plane[/I], those aren't deadly?
so someone accidentally leaving a pair of scissors in a bag justifies the rescanning of 2000 people, when it's not like, a bomb or something a little more uncommon than a household item makes that whole thing [I]not frivolous[/I]?
[QUOTE=Lebowski;44336222]so are the steak knives they give you in first class when you're [I]already on the plane[/I], those aren't deadly?
so someone accidentally leaving a pair of scissors in a bag justifies the rescanning of 2000 people, when it's not like, a bomb or something a little more uncommon than a household item makes that whole thing [I]not frivolous[/I]?[/QUOTE]
the knives they give you are extremely dull and blunted, only serrated enough to cut tender meat. and, you dont think they keep tabs and watch those people?
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;44336240]the knives they give you are extremely dull and blunted, only serrated enough to cut tender meat. and, you dont think they keep tabs and watch those people?[/QUOTE]
I almost had to go to the hospital for cutting myself deeply with a [I]plastic[/I] knife.
The fact that what they're giving you is metal, despite that it's blunted, means it can still properly fuck something/someone up and they're giving this to you on the plane after they've already made so much trouble to make sure you can't bring fucking toenail clippers on.
My point isn't if they're watching those people, or that what they give you is dulled, that's just strawmanning away from what I was asking by answering questions with more questions like an arse.
[QUOTE=Lebowski;44336321][I]I almost had to go to the hospital for cutting myself deeply with a [I]plastic[/I] knife.[/I][/QUOTE]
im sorry but i can't argue anymore after this.
im so, soo sorry that you have the skin of a 90 year old woman.
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;44336326]im sorry but i can't argue anymore after this.
im so, soo sorry that you have the skin of a 90 year old woman.[/QUOTE]
go get a plastic knife, stick the serrated blade against your wrist, and yank really hard and fast and see if you don't bleed lmao, shut the fuck up.
Don't actually do that
Nah man, it's blunt, so it can't hurt you.
That's why nobody has ever been impaled on something like rebar, we just bounce off.
During a layover in Japan I forgot I had one of those small scissors in a fingernail clipping kit so the attendant just stopped me after the Xray screening, took it out and in broken english said "Sorry but you can't take this". And then threw it in a bin and we carried on our merry way. Don't see what the big deal with scissors is as I had a three inch pointed file right next to it that would probably be much more effective in stabbing someone.
[QUOTE=TheDecryptor;44336507]Nah man, it's blunt, so it can't hurt you.
That's why nobody has ever been impaled on something like rebar, we just bounce off.[/QUOTE]
Ive always had a fear of tripping and falling onto some rebar
i also totally imagine you totally couldn't manage to strangle a dude with the cord to a pair of in-flight headphones
rescanning 2000 people over a pair of scissors is ridiculous
my friend told me about when he was coming back from greece or something, he forgot that he left the pocket / hunting knives he bought in his carry on backpack. They dumped his pack out, sorted through everything, took his bottle of water, and put everything else - including knives- back.
[editline]24th March 2014[/editline]
and didnt adam savage on mythbusters accidentally board a plane with like, a foot long razorblade in his coat or something?
They took my fucking 2" folding scissors.
[img]http://www.imgsrv.worldstart.com/store/images/fold-scissors/fold-scissors-03.jpg[/img]
Those things were like a friend to me.
[QUOTE=Fish Muffin;44336776]and didnt adam savage on mythbusters accidentally board a plane with like, a foot long razorblade in his coat or something?[/QUOTE]
that's exactly what happened
shows of 'security' like this are just an illusion that wastes resources on already scanned passengers
if they had confident people working there then maybe they wouldn't feel the need to re-scan
I work at an international airport and its funny when your bored you just think like, What's the easiest way a potential threat could get around security. Everyone does it and the amount of scenarios is ridiculous, Though the easiest I can think of would require some knowledge of how the airport works and its process a outsider would not have. Malaysia have stepped up security at every port but other airlines procedures have gone unchanged.
Confiscate the scissors, then continue checking passengers like normal.
I accidentally brought a knife to the airport once, it was in my school backpack (just something I have for no real reason, used it to cut fruit sometimes) and they took it
Never got it back ;(
[QUOTE=Tmaxx;44336176]scissors are actually fucking deadly.
unless they're the safe preschooler ones you can stab the flipping turds out of someone with a scissor blade.[/QUOTE]
Following 9/11 nobody is going down to a pair of scissors. The assumption is now a hijacker is going to use the plane as a guided missile, not to ransom hostages. You try to hijack a plane with a pair of scissors and you are going to rapidly find those scissors deposited in your colon.
This is assuming the cockpit door is not reinforced. If the door is reinforced you were never going to accomplish dick in the first place. You could bring a gun on board in that case and it wouldn't even matter. Even assuming you could eventually blast your way through, the pilots have a separate O2 system from the rest of the plane. Good luck accomplishing anything when they vent the cabin pressure and everyone passes out (O2 levels at 30k feet is sufficient to keep you alive, but insufficient to maintain consciousness without serious training. Handy,that.). You'll wake up zip cuffed with the co-pilot tea bagging you.
When checking in your luggage etc, the airport tells you specifically that sharp objects are not allowed...
i once got through security with a pair of tailor's scissors in my carry on. didn't even notice until unpacking my bag. morale of this story is don't fly out of midway in chicago
[QUOTE=Lebowski;44336641]i also totally imagine you totally couldn't manage to strangle a dude with the cord to a pair of in-flight headphones[/QUOTE]
To be honest, I think you'd be better off using your bear hands over dinky-ass in-flight headphones. However, you're super allowed to bring labtops and their chargers along, and that cord is pretty hefty.
This right here is some cutting-edge news
[QUOTE=Riller;44337626]To be honest, I think you'd be better off using your bear hands over dinky-ass in-flight headphones. However, you're super allowed to bring labtops and their chargers along, and that cord is pretty hefty.[/QUOTE]
The only solution is to cut off people's hands, then.
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;44336036]But a pair of fucking scissors?[/QUOTE]
Didn't the guys who did 9/11 take over the planes with box cutters? I would not be surprised it scissors are just as dangerous
[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;44338935]Didn't the guys who did 9/11 take over the planes with box cutters? I would not be surprised it scissors are just as dangerous[/QUOTE]
Anyone could have done 9/11, our security measures were bad.
In Turkey my dad got stopped for having a corkscrew in his bag
Your gonna need some fucking skill to hijack a plane with a corkscrew
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