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I had a wine opener confiscated because of the 1 inch knife ... can't imagine how someone might use a wine opener to hijack a plane

venomsnake 10y ago
A stab in the jugular will get the job done. But of course you can break the plastic knife and fork they give you and still stab someone in the jugular. You could even sharpen the headphones connector.
- xyience 10y ago
  Or repurpose any of the other things you can buy after the security line: http://www.terminalcornucopia.com/ http://www.terminalcornucopia.com/
  - peterwwillis 10y ago
    I'm sure i'm on some watch list for visiting that site now, but it's still fantastic that somebody put all together. It's like an anarchist cookbook that isn't designed to maim bored teens!
spinlock 10y ago
The 9-11 hijackers used razor blades. So, its been done. Of course, no American passenger is going to believe that everything will be fine if they comply these days so I don't think its possible to pull off 9-11 again.
- nommm-nommm 10y ago
  There is a huge difference hijacking protocol between now and 9/11. Post 9/11 passengers are not going to allow a guy with a razor blade hijack a plane, or even several guys with razor blades. Passengers and crew members now fight back and have the advantage of numbers.
  - gerbilly 10y ago
    >Passengers and crew members now fight back and have the advantage of numbers. Yeah, but what if _everyone_ on the plane were a hijacker? Wait...
    - imgabe 10y ago
      The cockpit door is kept locked now, so it's moot. The pilot will land, SWAT team will storm the plane. Done.
- freshbob 10y ago
  See #2: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/hey_wait_a_minute/2003/09/what_you_think_you_know_about_sept_11_.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/hey_wait_a_m...
- chimeracoder 10y ago
  > The 9-11 hijackers used razor blades. So, its been done. Only in the days when we didn't lock the cockpit doors. Now that the cockpit doors are locked, even an actual gun wouldn't be sufficient to hijack the plane (the cockpit doors are essentially impossible to open from the outside, at least not without equipment that would be impossible to bring on a plane and would be rather conspicuously slow to use during a flight).

venomsnake 10y ago

A stab in the jugular will get the job done. But of course you can break the plastic knife and fork they give you and still stab someone in the jugular. You could even sharpen the headphones connector.

xyience 10y ago
Or repurpose any of the other things you can buy after the security line: http://www.terminalcornucopia.com/ http://www.terminalcornucopia.com/
- peterwwillis 10y ago
  I'm sure i'm on some watch list for visiting that site now, but it's still fantastic that somebody put all together. It's like an anarchist cookbook that isn't designed to maim bored teens!

spinlock 10y ago

The 9-11 hijackers used razor blades. So, its been done. Of course, no American passenger is going to believe that everything will be fine if they comply these days so I don't think its possible to pull off 9-11 again.

nommm-nommm 10y ago
There is a huge difference hijacking protocol between now and 9/11. Post 9/11 passengers are not going to allow a guy with a razor blade hijack a plane, or even several guys with razor blades. Passengers and crew members now fight back and have the advantage of numbers.
- gerbilly 10y ago
  >Passengers and crew members now fight back and have the advantage of numbers. Yeah, but what if _everyone_ on the plane were a hijacker? Wait...
  - imgabe 10y ago
    The cockpit door is kept locked now, so it's moot. The pilot will land, SWAT team will storm the plane. Done.
freshbob 10y ago
See #2: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/hey_wait_a_minute/2003/09/what_you_think_you_know_about_sept_11_.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/hey_wait_a_m...
chimeracoder 10y ago
> The 9-11 hijackers used razor blades. So, its been done. Only in the days when we didn't lock the cockpit doors. Now that the cockpit doors are locked, even an actual gun wouldn't be sufficient to hijack the plane (the cockpit doors are essentially impossible to open from the outside, at least not without equipment that would be impossible to bring on a plane and would be rather conspicuously slow to use during a flight).