Passenger wearing dagger belt boarding plane at Tan Son Nhat
A young man brought a dagger-shaped belt onto a plane to Hanoi but was discovered.
On August 2, a 23-year-old man entered the security check area of Tan Son Nhat Airport, preparing to board a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi. Aviation security forces discovered that he was carrying a belt with a dagger-shaped face, so they detained him and handed him over to Tan Son Nhat Police Station to clarify the motive for bringing the weapon onto the plane.
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A belt made into a dagger was seized by airport security. Photo:Huu Nguyen. |
According to regulations of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, daggers, swords, spears, bayonets, knives, machetes, fists, maces, bows and arrows, crossbows... are classified as dangerous items prohibited from being carried on people or in carry-on luggage to ensure aviation safety and security.
However, recently, security forces have continuously discovered cases of weapons being brought into the Tan Son Nhat airport area. Most recently, late on July 23, the authorities arrested two young men without identification papers who were carrying knives and driving into the international terminal area.
Or before that, the woman carried a half meter long stick and a 25 cm long knife, intending to break into the airport terminal. When checked, she was also unable to present any identification documents.
Huu Nguyen
