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Flight forced to emergency land as man ‘threatens to stab people’ with knife

Frontier Airlines Flight 1761 from Cincinnati to Tampa was diverted to Atlanta and the man was taken into custody as box cutters have been banned on flights since members of Al Qaeda wielded them in the 9/11 terrorist attacks

A flight was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger horrified a packed aircraft by reportedly threatening people with a box cutter.

Frontier Airlines Flight 1761 from Cincinnati to Tampa was diverted to Atlanta after the passenger was seen with the box cutter, spokesperson Jennifer De La Cruz told CNN in a statement.

Tia Morgan wrote on Twitter : “I’m at work and a flight gets diverted here from Cincinnati due to a passenger threatening everyone on the plane with a box cutter.”

Tim Turner, a spokesman for the Atlanta airport, said that the unnamed passenger had been threatening to stab passengers and crew members on the aeroplane.

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