A Frontier Airways flight certain for Tampa was diverted to Atlanta late Friday after a passenger within the cabin was seen with a field cutter.
The Frontier flight, which originated from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Worldwide Airport, was diverted to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport about 9:30 p.m. ET after there was a disturbance involving a disruptive passenger who was in possession of a field cutter, officers stated.
“The cockpit was safe and passengers have been deplaned” in Atlanta, Transportation Safety Administration spokesperson Patricia Mancha stated in an electronic mail to USA TODAY.
The FBI and Atlanta Police Division responded and took the passenger, who has not been named, into custody, she stated. A second field cutter was discovered within the passenger’s carry-on baggage, Mancha stated.
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Passengers have been offered in a single day resort lodging in Atlanta and have been to be transported to Tampa Saturday morning, Frontier Airways spokesperson Jennifer de la Cruz stated.
No accidents have been reported, she stated.
The TSA began an inside overview of the incident, checking closed circuit TV footage and different procedures, Mancha stated. The U.S. lawyer’s workplace is the lead company investigating the Frontier flight, she stated.
Field cutters and most sharp objects aren’t allowed within the cabin or carry-on baggage, however will be carried in checked baggage, in line with the TSA. Field cutters have been banned after terrorists used them and knives to hijack flights on Sept. 11, 2001.
Atlanta police referred inquiries to the FBI, which didn’t have any extra info so as to add Saturday afternoon, a spokesman advised USA TODAY.
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