Travellers faced delays due to a missing piece of cutlery. Photo / Getty Images
Travellers faced delays due to a missing piece of cutlery. Photo / Getty Images
Several flights were delayed and passengers on two flights were forced to disembark and go through security at Queenstown Airport again yesterday, when a kitchen utensil was reported missing from the international departures lounge.
Queenstown Airport operations and safety general manager Mike Clay said all kitchen utensils used in theinternational lounge were recorded and accounted for regularly.
"Safety and security is our highest priority, so when one item could not be accounted for, we took the step of rescreening all international passengers and this led to some delays.
"We will always put the safety and security of our passengers and staff first."
Some passengers were asked to go through security screening a second time, because of what the airport called a low-level security threat.