Compasses seized by airport security
24.06.09
A 13 year old school girl travelling to a national mathematics competition had a pair of compasses confiscated at Aberdeen Airport this week. Staff told her the maths instrument was ‘dangerous’, the Press & Journal reports.
Caitlin Rees had the sharp-pointed instrument in her hand luggage at Aberdeen Airport when she was on her way to take part in the national finals of the UKMT Maths Challenge in London. She said: ‘They told me that it was dangerous and they tried to take it apart in front of me. Then it was taken away and put in the bin.’
An Aberdeen Airport spokesman, however, said security staff at the airport were right to remove any items that could ‘pose a danger to passengers’. Apparently that includes a pair of compasses, but if this is the case, should it not also include pens (particularly those with a metal refill), pencils, a belt buckle and 101 other things allowed on a plane. Especially as she could probably have bought a paid of compasses at WH Smiths after airport security.
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