either way, he must not be very bright cause everyone knows there is the following on every el al flight: atleast one sky marshall 2 armed very experienced (with weapons) pilots up front most people in israeli public have military training, out of 170 you'll get a bunch who can take this guy down. given all that, he must be the dumbest, stupidest criminal wannabe in a long long time to get against all that with a dumb little penknife. Bahadir Acuner <bahadiracuner@yahoo.com> wrote: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? Joe Pries Commercial Aviation Photography Serving the airline industry with quality photography AOL IM AIRLINE72 http://www.joepries.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site