Couple claim they managed to pass through Edinburgh Airport security carrying razor sharp Stanley blade
The Stanley blade was only detected on the pair’s return flight from Cologne Bonn Airport, the couple said
A couple has claimed they managed to accidentally carry a concealed blade unchallenged through security at Edinburgh Airport.
The razor sharp retractable blade, a Stanley knife, was only detected on the pair’s return flight from Cologne Bonn Airport, according to Laura Anderson.
Stanley knives are strictly banned in hand luggage and should be confiscated by security staff if they are found.
Mrs Anderson said her husband Callum had shoved it in the bottom of his laptop bag after doing work for their sauna business and had forgotten that it was in there.
“We just put our bag through the scanner and then they did the X-Ray scan of your body and that was it, off we go,” the business owner from Fife said.
The couple described feeling “shocked” when the blade was immediately noticed by German security guards having been “not flagged at all” when they left Edinburgh.
She added: “It had a Stanley blade in it which if you wanted to you could cause some pretty nasty harm.
“It’s scary to think about what could happen with a screwdriver or a Stanley knife.”
Mrs Anderson questioned how the blade could have been missed when the security hall was “not particularly busy” and staff were not “rushed off their feet”.
State-of-the-art scanners were installed last year as part of £24 million upgrades.
A spokesman for Edinburgh Airport said: "We are aware of the claims being made online and are looking into the circumstances, however we are unable to verify the account being claimed.”