Airport confiscates drink but not knife

A holidaymaker managed to take a seven-inch knife on board a plane, moments after his 13-year-old daughter had a bottle of fizzy drink confiscated by security staff.

Nick White realised that he had the lock knife in his pocket as he reached the security gate at Birmingham Airport.

So he put it though the scanner with the rest of the contents of his pockets - and to his surprise, security staff failed to spot it.



But his daughter, Shannon, was not so lucky because they confiscated a soft drink from her as part of increased security measures at the airport.

Mr White, 45, from Ladle End Lane, Walton-on-Trent, said: "I'm a joiner and use my knife for work. I just forgot it was in my pocket and when I realised, I didn't want to give it up."

"I couldn't believe it when my knife got through the scanner. Staff didn't even seem to be looking properly. It wasn't in a case and doesn't look like anything else. You can tell it's a knife,"