Mar 27, 20081

Box Cutters Again?

Categories: Government Rules & Regulations, Terroism

We all know that carrying a box cutter on a plane is illegal. However, a 21 year old man from Tampa decided that he would try to smuggle one on anyway. The man, Benjamin Baines, Jr., was carrying a backpack. Inside the backpack was a book entitled “Fear Itself.” When [...]

We all know that carrying a box cutter on a plane is illegal. However, a 21 year old man from Tampa decided that he would try to smuggle one on anyway. The man, Benjamin Baines, Jr., was carrying a backpack. Inside the backpack was a book entitled "Fear Itself." When the backpack went through the X-ray machine at the airport, the security guard noticed an image of a box cutter. It seems that Baines had hollowed ... Read More

Nov 23, 20070

How Safe Are Our Planes?

Categories: Terroism

Now that the confiscate almost everything before you get on an airplane these days, it seems that you would not be able to conceal a safety utility knife or shoes that are meant to be bombs. However, I wonder if it is as really as safe as it seems. In 2004, a student [...]

Now that the confiscate almost everything before you get on an airplane these days, it seems that you would not be able to conceal a safety utility knife or shoes that are meant to be bombs. However, I wonder if it is as really as safe as it seems. In 2004, a student was able to smuggle on box cutters that were disassembled. I guess they didn't really look like box cutters anymore. Of course, he was eventually ... Read More