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More than 200 flights were deferred and others 36 cancelled last Saturday at New Chitose Airport V Hokkaido (northern Japan) after the disappearance of some scissors at one of the shops near the boarding gates, causing security checks to be suspended for two hours.

This suspension was applied to ensure safety flights, and passengers who had already passed through security were forced to undergo new screening after the object disappeared, which caused major delaysLocal media reports this.

On Saturday, security checks and flights finally resumed, although the scissors were still missing. until the next dayThe object was discovered by a clerk in same storeas Hokkaido Airport, the operator of Chitose International Airport, announced on Monday.

The delay in the announcement was due to the time required for confirm if the scissors were the same it was lost, a tool that had to be taken out of a locked cabinet every time it was used.

The store assured local broadcaster NHK that it would continue to investigate how the scissors became lostsince this process requires investigation more detailed information to clarify the exact circumstances of the loss.

“We acknowledge that this was due to insufficient storage and management systems in the store” (…) “We also acknowledge that this incident what could be related to kidnapping or with terrorismand we will once again ensure that our management is conducted with integrity,” the same network was assured at Hokkaido Airport.

He Ministry The Department of Territory, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has asked the company responsible for the airport investigate the cause and prevent this from happening again.

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New Chitose Airport is one of the busiest in the Asian countryand serves the world’s second-busiest domestic air route between Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and this airport, located in the city SapporoThis is evidenced by data from the aviation analytics company OAG.

The incident occurred in the midst of the holidays Obon Festivalone of the busiest times of the year in Japan in terms of domestic travel.

EFE