Originally posted by: Aparna_BD
I'm not sure if they will arrest some one for just carrying a plastic knife & Apple. There must be more to that matter . Example if you attempt sneeking it in to the flight . Thats what makes the security suspicious .Security has absolutely no sense of humour anymore about such things and that is justified after 9/11 .
Also a plastic knife can certainly slit a throat ...the edges are sharp enought to cut an Apple can cut through skin too!!
Once again let me emphasise , you don't know the whole story .....just half of it . Possibly the irate passengars version . You don't know how his behavior really was.
Agreed, maybe there is more to the story.
But a plastic knife can do a lot of damage, don't be fooled by a plastic utensil. Poke someones eye out, cut through skin etc. don't underestimate it, it can do as much damage as a regular steel knife.
And yes, after 9/11, no one should be taking any chances anymore.