as part of a security crack-down. Security staff have ordered copies of The Dandy - made famous by cowboy Desperate Dan - to be withdrawn from Birmingham International Airport because a free toy gun is being given away. The bright blue-and-yellow plastic “punch-gun” toy was attached to hundreds of copies of the comic, and the airport fear it could be used as a weapon to hijack a plane. But the Dandy’s publishers branded the decision “a hysterical over-reaction” after security officers said the cheap plastic toy was not suitable for sale within the airport terminal. A spokesman for DC Thomson said: “It’s obviously a toy and nothing more. It might be mildly irritating if a kid fired it at your head over and over, but it’s hardly a weapon of mass destruction. I don’t think a terrorist would get very far if he tried to hijack a plane with a free toy from The Dandy. I know they have to be strict about security at airports but this ruling is just ridiculous. It's a hysterical over-reaction.” The Birmingham Post 28/2/03.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Desperate safety measure
ONE OF the UK’s most popular comics has been taken off the shelves at a leading airport 
as part of a security crack-down. Security staff have ordered copies of The Dandy - made famous by cowboy Desperate Dan - to be withdrawn from Birmingham International Airport because a free toy gun is being given away. The bright blue-and-yellow plastic “punch-gun” toy was attached to hundreds of copies of the comic, and the airport fear it could be used as a weapon to hijack a plane. But the Dandy’s publishers branded the decision “a hysterical over-reaction” after security officers said the cheap plastic toy was not suitable for sale within the airport terminal. A spokesman for DC Thomson said: “It’s obviously a toy and nothing more. It might be mildly irritating if a kid fired it at your head over and over, but it’s hardly a weapon of mass destruction. I don’t think a terrorist would get very far if he tried to hijack a plane with a free toy from The Dandy. I know they have to be strict about security at airports but this ruling is just ridiculous. It's a hysterical over-reaction.” The Birmingham Post 28/2/03.
as part of a security crack-down. Security staff have ordered copies of The Dandy - made famous by cowboy Desperate Dan - to be withdrawn from Birmingham International Airport because a free toy gun is being given away. The bright blue-and-yellow plastic “punch-gun” toy was attached to hundreds of copies of the comic, and the airport fear it could be used as a weapon to hijack a plane. But the Dandy’s publishers branded the decision “a hysterical over-reaction” after security officers said the cheap plastic toy was not suitable for sale within the airport terminal. A spokesman for DC Thomson said: “It’s obviously a toy and nothing more. It might be mildly irritating if a kid fired it at your head over and over, but it’s hardly a weapon of mass destruction. I don’t think a terrorist would get very far if he tried to hijack a plane with a free toy from The Dandy. I know they have to be strict about security at airports but this ruling is just ridiculous. It's a hysterical over-reaction.” The Birmingham Post 28/2/03.
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