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Flights cancelled in Japan after scissors go missing (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18888722

Thirty-six flights were cancelled and 201 delayed at a Japanese airport on the weekend after a pair of scissors went missing in a store near the boarding gates.

Security checks at Hokkaido’s New Chitose Airport domestic terminal were suspended for about two hours on Saturday morning, leaving hundreds of travellers temporarily stranded.

There were huge bottlenecks and queues as passengers in the departure lounge were forced to retake security checks.

Authorities tried to locate the missing scissors, which were found at the same store the following day.

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[–] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Their concern is that the scissors could be used as a weapon to hijack planes. I'm not entirely sure how founded that concern is but people in Japan seem relatively fine with the whole situation so whatever.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

I'm not entirely sure how founded that concern is

Like many post 9/11 rules, probably not very..