Passenger carrying knife sneaks through security checks to board SpiceJet flight at IGI Airport

In a shocking incident, a passenger carrying kitchen knife sneaked through the security checks at the New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. The passenger carried knife till the time he boarded aircraft.

After boarding the Goa-bound Spicejet aircraft, the man himself informed crew members that he was carrying knife. The incident took place on Thursday.

"A passenger on a Delhi-Goa flight reported to the cabin crew that he had a kitchen knife in his hand baggage. The aircraft had not taken off by that time," said SpiceJet in a statement.

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was informed immediately about the presence of knife on the aircraft. Passengers were deplaned as soon as they came to know about the knife.