Sir Declan, who heard the case with Lord Justices Higgins and Girvan, stressed the impact of the knifeattack on Thomas's parents and the boys who survived it.
"When you have someone like you or me who doesn't intend to attack a flight, whether we have a Swiss Army knife in our pocket or not doesn't make any difference, " said Ron, president of Virginia-based New Age Security Solutions and former head of security of Ben-Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel.