A security screener at
The inspector employed by security company Nishikei, which
But the inspector returned the knife by mistake along with the passenger's other baggage following the security screening, and noticed the mistake after the person left the checkpoint.
The flight to the southwestern
The number of passengers using the airport, only for domestic flights, increased for the seventh straight year to 16.3 million in fiscal 2018 amid a surge in foreign visitors to
At least four cases of erroneous security checks by the security company, also based in the city, were found from late September through November at the airport.
On
Several hours later, the airline suspended all its flights from the airport to re-examine the carry-on baggage of all passengers awaiting their flights, although several flights to
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