Makes no sense. "Box cutters" had been smuggled into the first-class seat pockets of the plane next door on the tarmac, which had a tail number 1 digit off. So the cops said the corrupt ground crew helping the terrorists had smuggled the box cutters onto the wrong plane.
"Box cutter" is an American term and I have never been totally sure what it is. I believe they are what we in the UK call "Stanley knives" after Stanley the first tools manufacturer to put them on sale. A knife with a very small 1-inch blade designed to open cardboard boxes but the blade is not long enough to damage the contents.
I have never travelled with any kind of knife but I am pretty sure that even today you could go through security with a 1-inch blade. So why did bad ground crew have to smuggle them aboard in advance? How come the alleged terrorists could not just take them on in their carry-on baggage?
Makes no sense. "Box cutters" had been smuggled into the first-class seat pockets of the plane next door on the tarmac, which had a tail number 1 digit off. So the cops said the corrupt ground crew helping the terrorists had smuggled the box cutters onto the wrong plane.
"Box cutter" is an American term and I have never been totally sure what it is. I believe they are what we in the UK call "Stanley knives" after Stanley the first tools manufacturer to put them on sale. A knife with a very small 1-inch blade designed to open cardboard boxes but the blade is not long enough to damage the contents.
I have never travelled with any kind of knife but I am pretty sure that even today you could go through security with a 1-inch blade. So why did bad ground crew have to smuggle them aboard in advance? How come the alleged terrorists could not just take them on in their carry-on baggage?
Yes, you're correct, n box cutter is what you call n Stanley knife. And correct about being able to take that on board back then.