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US Secretary of Homeland Security defends new rules about small knives onto aircraft

Washingon, USA - "There are already things on a plane that somebody can convert into a small sharp object"

The decision of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the United States to permit again to transport on board small knives and other items which had been prohibited in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, is generating a lot of controversies. According to the new rules, it will be again permitted to carry onto aircraft knives that do not lock, and have blades...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1150917
Rome, Italy, 03/26/2013 17:53
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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