Was the box-cutter used by the terrorists the same as Frank Abate described?

[David Bergdahl]

You forget that "boxcutters" were found stored under the seats of planes
grounded Sept 11th and found in the overhead luggage compartments of other
jets on Sept 17th.

--On Thursday, September 27, 2001 7:58 AM -0400 Bruce Dykes
<bkd at GRAPHNET.COM> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John D. Hopkins" <hopkins at uta.fi>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 07:26
> Subject: Was the box-cutter used by the terrorists the same as Frank Abate
> described?
>
>> But back to my question.  Has there been an exact description of what
>> type of box-cutter was actually used?  The only reference I've seen is
>> that it was of Swiss manufacture, purchased in Switzerland.  To me, that
>> would seem to rule out the small, simple razor-blade box cutter that I
>> have used and Frank Abate described.
>
> Sadly, the only flight likely to give up its history in any sort of detail
> is flight 93, and then only if we're lucky. The primary reports of box
> cutters and knives came from cell phone calls from passengers on one or
> more of the flights, so we're also relying on what *they* interpret as a
> box cutter in the middle of what must surely have been a panicked
> environment.
>
> bkd


David Bergdahl
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