Flight diverted after particular person made threats with field cutter

Lillian Hoffman, who was aboard the flight, mentioned the suspect had threatened to make use of the field cutters to hurt passengers.

Atlanta,UPDATED: Nov 14, 2022 01:36 IST

A business flight from Cincinnati to Tampa was diverted to Atlanta (Representative Image)

By Associated Press: A business flight from Cincinnati to Tampa was diverted to Atlanta on Friday evening after a disruptive passenger was seen with a field cutter.

The Frontier Airlines flight made an unplanned touchdown at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the place one particular person, not recognized by police, was taken into custody. Authorities later discovered a second field cutter within the suspect’s belongings. The incident didn’t end in any accidents.

Lillian Hoffman, who was aboard the flight, mentioned the suspect had threatened to make use of the field cutters to hurt passengers.

“When he went to go to the bathroom, the passenger in the window seat looked at me and said, ‘Hey he has a knife and he told me he was threatening to stab people, we need to say something to somebody,’” Hoffman instructed WLWT-News. “So I went up and talked to the flight attendants in the front of the airplane and let them know like this guy has a box knife and he’s been telling us he wants to stab people.”

Following the emergency touchdown and the suspect’s arrest, the airline deplaned all different passengers and canceled the flight.

Box cutters are prohibited on airplanes. It was not instantly clear how the suspect managed to deliver the instrument on board. In a press release, the Transportation Security Administration mentioned it had began an inside evaluate of the incident.

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Nov 14, 2022