Armed man tried to fly

Sattle · Jun 27, 2004

Possible hijack foiled??

Sun, June 27, 2004

SANTA ANA, Calif (AP) -- A man arrested after he allegedly tried to board a flight with a knife and a loaded gun said he forgot the weapons were in his carry-on bag. A federal transportation inspector noticed the weapons during a routine X-ray check. A joint terrorism task force was investigating.

Ali Reza Khatami had a .38-calibre handgun and a 15-cm knife with him Thursday when he attempted to catch a Chicago-bound plane from John Wayne Airport, sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said, adding police had no reason to believe this is terrorism-related. The FBI is also investigating the incident.

Amormino said Khatami is a U.S. citizen who has lived in the country for 40 years and has a son in southern Orange County.

"It's absolute stupidity to bring anything into the airport that could even be perceived as a weapon," Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona said.
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Sattle · Jun 27, 2004

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