Navy veteran Larry Cumberbatch and Air Force Captain Ben Mutz were among the passengers who were ready to spring into action should the man who brought a box cutter onto their Frontier Airlines flight try anything, they told Inside Edition.
their flight plan and also to try to figure out how or why this could have happened. linsey. thinking about all of those involved. mireya, thank you. we turn to the box cutter scare aboard a frontier airlines flight. the suspect allegedly threatened passengers causing the plane to make an unscheduled landing. now the urgent questions about how this could happen. here is phil lipof. come on. reporter: tonight, the tsa sending some agents back to training after a man boarded a frontier airlines flight in northern kentucky with two box cutters, and reportedly threatened to harm other passengers. how did he get a knife on a plane? reporter: the tsa admits the agents didn t follow standard operating procedure, missing a box cutter in the man s backpack, after screening it for explosives, but finding another. and according to the agency, the visible blades were removed from the box cutter and provided back to the passenger. once on the plane, passenger ben mutz, an active duty
Obtained by ABC News(ATLANTA) A passenger on a Frontier Airlines flight who allegedly boarded the plane with two box cutters and was seen acting erratically was taken into custody after an emergency landing Friday night, according to the airline and the Transportation Security Administration. Several passengers on the flight, including military veterans and a former law enforcement officer, helped crew members subdue the man after they landed, according to eyewitnesses. The flight was en route to Tampa from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport when it was diverted to Atlanta "after a passenger on board the aircraft was observed in possession of a box cutter," Frontier said in a statement. TSA said in a statement on Saturday that the plane was diverted around 9:30 p.m. "after a disturbance involving a disruptive passenger, in possession of a box cutter was declared." Following a search, a second box cutter was found in the unidentified passenger&
(ATLANTA) A passenger on a Frontier Airlines flight who allegedly boarded the plane with two box cutters and was seen acting erratically was taken into custody after an emergency landing Friday night, according to the airline and the Transportation Security Administration. Several passengers on the flight, including military veterans and a former law enforcement officer,