Mon, May 17, 2004
Rex Hunt To Airport Security: Fork You!
Airports around the
world have focused their security attentions on keeping potential
weapons and the people who would wield them out of passenger
terminals.
But what if those potential weapons were available to the people
who would wield them AFTER they cleared security?
That's the question they're asking today in Australia, where
sports commentator Rex Hunt decided to show them all.
Hunt was boarding a Qantas flight from Adelaide to Melbourne
Saturday when he set off the metal detector alarms. He had to
remove his steel-toed shoes and his belt. Unfortunately for the
soccer sportscaster, without his belt buckled, his pants fell
down.
That made him a little angry. So he stormed into the Qantas
lounge inside the concourse and took ten forks. Metal forks -- the
kind you usually see on your own dinner table. He then took the
forks on board his flight and showed them to passengers.
One of the passengers
was a bit alarmed, and alerted a flight attendant. Hunt, already
fuming at losing his pants during the initial security check, was
hauled off for an "interview" by anti-terror officials upon landing
at Melbourne Airport.
Qantas says there was no breach of security (but didn't say if
the lounge in Adelaide wanted its forks back). The airline said
metal forks are approved for flight. No charges were filed against
Hunt (right).
But not everyone agrees such should be the case. Allen Behrm, a
former government security chief, said Hunt has set a dangerous
example.
"If I was a magistrate hearing the charge I would bang him
(Hunt) away for doing that" Behrm said, because Hunt had "set an
example of mischief that provokes other madmen to do the same."
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