Man fiddling with lighter diverts Delta LAX-JFK flight

Brett Adair · #1 Postby **Brett Adair** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:24 am

The plane landed in Salt Lake City and the passengers were rescreened.

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

vulcan96 · #2 Postby **vulcan96** » Tue May 04, 2004 5:14 pm

how did the screeners miss a lighter i wonder???
vulcan96

Rainband · #3 Postby **Rainband** » Tue May 04, 2004 5:45 pm

I had a lighter in my pocket when I flew last christmas.

furluvcats · #4 Postby **furluvcats** » Tue May 04, 2004 6:20 pm

I did not know lighters were not OK...

stormraiser · #5 Postby **stormraiser** » Tue May 04, 2004 6:23 pm

Yikes

weatherluvr · #6 Postby **weatherluvr** » Tue May 04, 2004 7:06 pm

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!

Man fiddling with lighter diverts Delta LAX-JFK flight

Man fiddling with lighter diverts Delta LAX-JFK flight

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