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Man fiddling with lighter diverts Delta LAX-JFK flight

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:24 am
by Brett Adair
The plane landed in Salt Lake City and the passengers were rescreened.

http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3243126/detail.html

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 5:14 pm
by vulcan96
how did the screeners miss a lighter i wonder???
vulcan96

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 5:45 pm
by Rainband
I had a lighter in my pocket when I flew last christmas.

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 6:20 pm
by furluvcats
I did not know lighters were not OK...

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 6:23 pm
by stormraiser
Yikes

Posted: Tue May 04, 2004 7:06 pm
by weatherluvr
Rainband wrote:I had a lighter in my pocket when I flew last christmas.


Me too, in February. And they had me take off my shoes and everything. I put it in the tray with my keys, wallet, etc. and nothing came of it.

To be honest, I never even considered that it would be a problem until I saw this thread!