No, not the shoes but the back of the belt. He hid the little knife inside his belt and when it beeped he told them it was his belt buckle. Then they let him take his belt off and go through the metal detector again, without setting it off. For some reason or another the belt was handed back to him without further checks.. BAHA ACUNER - CFI,CFII,MEI www.bahadiracuner.com -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Dennis W Zeuch Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 9:43 AM To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: [Sky-1] RE: EL AL Highjack Attempt Says he had a knife......must have forgotten to check his shoes eh?