emergency landing for 167 knife on board

[FA Mikey]

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/64159...tm

TOKYO - An American Airlines flight from New York to Tokyo made an emergency landing Wednesday at Tokyo''s international airport after a crew member found a small knife in the cockpit, an official said. There were no injuries.

The knife, which had a 2-inch blade, was discovered aboard Flight 167 inside the cockpit''s crew lounge, Narita airport police spokesman Ryoji Suzuki said.

 

[FA Mikey]

TOKYO, July 30 (Reuters) - An American Airlines (AMR.N) plane made an emergency landing in Tokyo on Wednesday after crew mistook a letter-opener found on board for a knife, Japanese police said.

The metal letter-opener, with a 5 cm (two-inch) long retractable blade, and a cigarette lighter built in at the other end, was found in a room for crew members near the cockpit.

 

[FWAAA]

Good thing they didn't notice the crash axe.