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Frontier flight to Tampa diverted after passenger found with box cutter
Frontier flight to Tampa diverted after passenger found with box cutter
When it was determined that a passenger on board the aircraft was in possession of a box cutter, the Frontier Airlines flight bound for Florida was redirected to Atlanta, the carrier stated in a statement on Saturday.
A Frontier representative asserted that “Atlanta police authorities brought the passenger in issue into custody” in a statement. Travelers had the choice of boarding a replacement aircraft to Tampa, Florida, on Saturday morning as a result of the event, which did not cause any injuries.
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Lillian Hoffman, a passenger, claimed to NBC News that the person sitting next to the suspect had informed her that he was “threatening to stab people” with a knife when he went to the bathroom.
“So I walked up to talk to the flight attendants in the front of the airplane,” Hoffman told NBC News. We would be on the ground in 20 minutes, they finally told me, adding that they would land the jet immediately away.
The airline did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding whether the suspect had made threats to stab other passengers on the aircraft.
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