Apart from a small knife found in a sealed Tupperware box in the Zafira, along with fruit peelings, there was no blade.

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"While we agree that a passenger wielding a small knife or swinging a golf club or hockey stick poses less of a threat to the pilot locked in the cockpit, these are real threats to passengers and flight attendants in the passenger cabin, " the union said in a statement.

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Mr Chaudhury said the party leader Bal Thackeray had said that women should carry a "Rampuri (small Indian knife) in their purse rather than a lipstick".

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None of the groups that the TSA labels "stakeholders" has publicly endorsed the small-knife policy, and only a handful of policymakers, lawmakers and security experts have lent it their support.

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Alberto uses a small, pointed knife to methodically carve an elaborate sunflower design.

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The risk of waking from a general anaesthetic while under the surgeon's knife is extremely small - about one in 15, 000 - research reveals.

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Sharon and Joel Edelson handed in a small mother-of -pearl knife, found among her late father-in-laws belongings.

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Also on the table are a compass, map, knife, dark glasses and small mobile phone.

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Run a long, sharp knife around the edge of the cake and invert it onto a small rack, then invert it again onto a second rack so that the cake is right side up to complete cooling, 30 minutes more.

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