A Frontier Airlines flight from Cincinnati to Tampa, Florida, was diverted to Atlanta late Friday after a passenger was seen with a box cutter, the airline said.
No injuries were reported, and the plane landed safely at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where the passenger, who was not publicly identified, was taken into custody by Atlanta police, Jennifer F. de la Cruz, a Frontier spokesperson, said in an email.
Tim Turner, a spokesperson for the Atlanta airport, said the passenger, a man whose name he did not know, had been threatening to stab passengers and crew members on the airplane. Officials at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, where the flight originated, did not respond to requests for comment.
It was not immediately clear how the man had been able to get a box cutter onto the airplane. The TSA, which has authority over security and passenger screening at U.S. airports, said box cutters were prohibited in the cabin but allowed in checked luggage.
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