cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18888722

Thirty-six flights were cancelled and 201 delayed at a Japanese airport on the weekend after a pair of scissors went missing in a store near the boarding gates.

Security checks at Hokkaido’s New Chitose Airport domestic terminal were suspended for about two hours on Saturday morning, leaving hundreds of travellers temporarily stranded.

There were huge bottlenecks and queues as passengers in the departure lounge were forced to retake security checks.

Authorities tried to locate the missing scissors, which were found at the same store the following day.

    • @[email protected]
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      34 months ago

      Through the warped lense of what modern security theater has sold their leaders on? Sure, why not?

      • @[email protected]
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        14 months ago

        I didn’t read the article fully and didn’t realize that the missing scissors were post security, I don’t know how an American airport would respond to this kind of event

    • @MotoAsh
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      14 months ago

      ha ha racism funny! Me smart. Upvote now.

      • @[email protected]
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        14 months ago

        Y’know, fair, I have reconsidered my point, I realized I don’t know how an American airport would respond to missing scissors after the gate, I’m certainly not motivated by some upvotes