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Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce
I know this is speculative, but since I was in Kuala Lumpur only 3 weeks ago, and went through their airport screening process, I'll share my experience here.
I went through 2 security screening. First was at the main airport area before taking the express rail link to the departure zone. The second was at the departure zone right before boarding. The security screen was, for a lack of a better word, terrible. I had forgotten my bottle of water and had left it in my bag. Both times I was able to pass security without being asked to get rid of it. It was definitely more than the limit of 100ml. Furthermore, the gate had beeped as I passed through, signaling that I had metal objects with me. I realized I had forgotten my belt and promptly took it off, thinking I'd have to pass through the gate again. TSA just waved me through.
Like I said, it's speculative, I hope this isn't the case of some terror plot, but based on my experience with security, I would not be surprised.
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I accidentally flew from Toronto to Vancouver and back with a knife in my computer case. It's pretty much a crap shoot that they find anything. In fact, it wasn't even discovered in my bag until I was going through security in Fort St. John of all places.
A co-worker of mine is in SE Asia right now and has Malaysia and China in his itinerary (Hong Kong though, so I figured he wouldn't be on a plane to Beijing). Not that I would want anyone to be in that situation, but I was glad he wasn't on this one.
Back in 2000, there was an Alaska Airlines flight that experienced cruising altitude problems that led to a crash off the coast of California. They did have contact with ATC during their situation though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_261