CHEF'S CLEAVERS CLEAR SECURITY
The Chicago Tribune takes Argenbright Security Inc. to task over new security lapses at airports in Chicago, Miami and Boston. Before boarding a United flight in Chicago, a chef was found with two cleavers in his bag. The bag had cleared Argenbright's security at O'Hare and previously for his connecting flight from Miami, where the same company runs security. In Boston, another Argenbright worker left her post for a few minutes and "caused hundreds of Delta Airlines passengers to be forced out of a gate area to be rescreened." The Miami Herald has an interesting comment from an FAA official:

However, the Federal Aviation Administration isn't sure there was any problem at Miami.
"When he was screened in Miami, they found a pair of scissors, a nail file and a razor, which were all confiscated," said FAA spokesman Christopher White. "They found the knives in O'Hare."

The Boston Globe story notes this is the second time since Sept. 11 that Argenbright has been caught at Boston with an unstaffed security checkpoint.
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- posted by Amy @ 11/14/2001 10:53:00 AM