[themic]

there was a stabbing on a Qantas flight.

link (http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6512001%5E1702,00.html)

stabbed with sharp wooden implement.

hehheh, guess it's time for full body strip searches now, eh?

:uhoh:

[Kharn]

I guess we can forget about chopsticks to go with the sushi in first class. Coach passengers will have to wear mittens while eating their peanuts now. :evil:

Kharn

[Jim March]

Hmmmm.

Sounds like somebody was upset that a particular TV show just ended it's run.

Buffy.

:neener:

[Quantrill]

Sounds like a "Buffy" fan to me! Quantrill

[jhisaac1]

stabbed with sharp wooden implement.

#2 pencil?

jhisaac1

[Bruce in West Oz]

1. Two six-inch sharpened wooden "daggers".

2. Aerosol can and cigarette lighter he intended to use as a "flamethrower" on the pilots.

3. Intent was to crash the aircraft into Melbourne.

4. Motive not known -- but reports of him yelling about Armageddon and God's will.

5. Air marshals have been approved for Australia -- but there wasn't one on this flight.

6. Flight attendant and passengers took him down and "stood on his head" :evil: before securing him with plastic ties.

7. Politicians are (predictably) running round like headless chooks. There is already a call for better screening technology, full body "pat downs" for ALL passengers and physical searches of ALL luggage. :banghead:

Morons.

Bruce

[Guyon]

Not flying to Australia anytime soon, I see.

I'm still peeved that I can't carry my little Spyderco Dragonfly on flights anymore. I only bought the thing for plane trips.

Pretty soon, we'll all be flying naked. "I'm sorry, m'am, but you could possibly strangle someone with that brazier."

[kannonfyre]

Stupid security on flights pisses me off too! :mad:

I personally wonder when airlines and governments are gonna wise up and realise that if manics are gonna cause trouble on flights, they're gonna do it regardless of what security measures are in place. A disarmed loonly bin case can still assualt passengers and flight staff with his fists and feet.

IMHO, passengers should be allowed to carry tactical folders and whatever self preservation tools that they need on board. I would REALLY like to see the next terrorist wannabe taken out of commission with several stab wounds by his fellow passengers.
:D