A holidaymaker managed to take a seven-inch knife on board a plane, moments after his 13-year-old daughter had a bottle of fizzy drink confiscated by security staff.

Nick White realised that he had the lock knife in his pocket as he reached the security gate at Birmingham Airport. So he put it though the scanner with the rest of the contents of his pockets – and to his surprise, security staff failed to spot it.

But his daughter, Shannon, was not so lucky because they confiscated a soft drink from her as part of increased security measures at the airport.

Once they boarded the plane, the party took photos of Mr White posing with the knife to show to friends. Mr Stanley, 20, of Main Street, Walton-on-Trent, said: “The air stewards were walking past and saw me taking the pictures. We were talking and laughing about it, not trying to hide it.

“They didn’t say anything.”

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