September 21, 2011

TSA Allows Crazed Man with Knife on Plane

On September 18, 2011, on a Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas, David Alan Anderson got into a confrontation with a neighboring passenger over an arm rest. Anderson quickly became aggressive and threatened to slit the passenger's throat.

The crew noticed Anderson reaching into his bag several times, appearing to be holding something in his hand.

The Salt Lake police were called. They conducted a voluntary search of Anderson's bag and found a knife with a 3 1/2" blade. Anderson was arrested. Anderson went on to verbally threaten police and FBI agents.

The passenger who was in the confrontation with David Anderson could have been killed, and it would have been the TSA's fault. One of the TSA's primary responsibilities is to keep weapons off of planes. Why can't the TSA manage to do that?

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