Flights cancelled in Japan after scissors go missing
Flights cancelled in Japan after scissors go missing – sounds like the start of the most absurd headline you could come up with, right? But it actually happened. A pair of scissors went missing at a store near the boarding gates and resulted in the cancellation of 36 flights and delay of 201 others. The chaos that ensued is quite comical to think about – a whole airport shut down because of a pair of missing scissors.
Japan airport security is notoriously strict – I once had to throw out scissors that were just a hairline over the allowed limit of 10cm.… Continue reading
John Q. Hosedrinker