The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said it will let people carry small pocketknives onto passenger planes for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Passengers will also be allowed to carry on golf clubs, hockey sticks and plastic Wiffle Ball-style bats.
The agency will permit knives with retractable blades shorter than 6 centimeters (2.4 inches) and narrower than 1/2 inch at the widest point, TSA Administrator John Pistole said at an aviation security conference in Brooklyn. The change, to conform with international rules, will take effect April 25.