![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/flight-forced-to-emergency-land-as-man-threatens-to-stab-people-with-knife/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1_Airfare-Prices-Jump-Over-18-In-One-Month.jpg&description=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 attacksA Frontier Airlines plane 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. Frontier Airlines planes parked ( TNS) The authorities found the box cutter on the man after he was in custody, Mr Turner said. It was not immediately clear how the man had been able to get a box cutter onto the airplane as box cutters have been prohibited on airplanes since the huge airport security overhaul in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks when four domestic flights were commandeered by members of Al Qaeda wielding box cutters. The man was taken into custody on Friday night and the flight landed safely in Atlanta. There were no injuries to passengers or crew members, according to the airline. The authorities found the box cutter on the man after he was in custody ( SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) A new flight was scheduled for Saturday morning to transport passengers from Atlanta to Tampa, Frontier Airlines said. The news comes two months after Mississippi was put on red alert after a plane was hijacked and the pilot threatened to crash into a supermarket. Police said the pilot was "threatening to intentionally crash into Wal Mart on West Main", a large supe){kind=link}
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.