British Airways has launched an investigation after a journalist smuggled an 8in Buck Knife on to a high-risk flight in the Middle East. The weapon went unnoticed by security guards at Kuwait airport who allowed The Sun reporter to board the BA flight back to London’s Heathrow. Placed at the bottom of hand luggage, the knife, which has a 3.5in blade, passed through two X-ray machines without raising an alarm. The reporter then boarded the Boeing 777 with the knife and was photographed with the weapon as he sat in business class.
A British Airways spokeswoman said security at Kuwait airport is the responsibility of the Directorate General for Civil Aviation, part of the Kuwait government. "We take this incident extremely seriously and have launched an immediate investigation," she said. "The DGCA carries out security searches on behalf of all airlines at Kuwait airport. "On receiving information about this incident, we immediately contacted the DGCA and asked them to review security as well as implementing additional measures at Kuwait airport. "We are also sending security experts to the area to work with the Kuwaiti government to satisfy and reassure ourselves that all security procedures carried out by the DGCA are of the highest standard."
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