Man With Razor Blades Stopped At Sea-Tac

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By By KOMO Staff & News Services

Summary

A foreign national booked on a domestic flight twice triggered a metal detector and then the blades were found.

Story Published: Aug 4, 2002 at 5:47 AM PDT

Story Updated: Jul 24, 2009 at 11:05 AM PDT

Man With Razor Blades Stopped At Sea-Tac
KING COUNTY - A man was arrested early Sunday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after security screeners at his gate discovered he was carrying four razor blades.

The man was preparing to board a domestic flight shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday when a security screener checked him using a hand wand and had him remove his shoes.

When he did so, four razor blades fell to the floor, according to airport spokesman Bob Parker.

Initially, the screener didn't notice the blades. She allowed the man to continue on toward his gate, but soon realized what had happened and alerted other guards, who detained the man.

FBI agents questioned him for several hours, and he was arrested sometime after 1 a.m. He was booked into King County Jail for investigation of a state weapons charge, then posted bail later Sunday morning, Parker said.

The man told authorities the blades fell from his shirt pocket when he bent over to take off his shoes, Parker said. The incident was under investigation.

He was expected to make an initial court appearance as soon as Monday.

The man, 29, lives in Bellevue, Parker said. His name was not immediately released. He was carrying a Washington driver's license and a passport from India.

The man was scheduled to fly on a National Airlines flight to Las Vegas and then on to Newark, N.J., Parker said.

Parker didn't know how the man got through the initial airport security check and metal detector to get to the airport's South Satellite.

An FBI agent in Seattle said Sunday there was no one in the office who could comment on the arrest.

Parker said regardless of whether the FBI charges the man, the Transportation Security Administration could fine the man.