Rome (CNN) -- An apparently agitated passenger attacked a flight attendant on Alitalia Flight 329 from Paris to Rome late Sunday and asked that the flight be diverted to Tripoli, Libya, the airline said.
Other flight attendants immobilized the attacker, Alitalia said, and the plane and its 131 passengers landed safely at Rome's Fiumicino airport, where the attacker was taken into police custody.
The flight attendant was taken to the airport emergency room for a check-up, the airline said.
Italy's state-run ANSA news agency reported the attacker was a man from Kazakhstan and that he attacked the flight attendant with nail clippers.

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You may wonder what this has to do with bringing nail-clippers on a plane. Well, it serves to illustrate that many objects are multi-purpose. Why would you need nail-clippers on a plane? Well, just because you can't think of a reason to use nail clippers other than to make your hands look pretty doesn't mean such reasons don't exist. I used to use them to cut fishing line. I also use them to clip those little plastic things that hold price tags onto clothes.

Fun fact: Boy Scout high adventure camps stock tampons in their trading posts due to their usefulness at treating nosebleeds.

You may wonder what this has to do with bringing nail-clippers on a plane. Well, it serves to illustrate that many objects are multi-purpose. Why would you need nail-clippers on a plane? Well, just because you can't think of a reason to use nail clippers other than to make your hands look pretty doesn't mean such reasons don't exist. I used to use them to cut fishing line. I also use them to clip those little plastic things that hold price tags onto clothes.

What do you need clothes for when you're flying?
All personal possessions should be bagged and stowed in the cargo hold and people should be issued paper robes and slippers prior to going through security. It's the only thing that will keep us safe.

I don't need clothes, but I do need you to wear clothes.

That's what the robe is for.

That's what the "made of paper" is for.

I know how to make rope from plant fibers, pocket lint, and paper napkins. I could very easily turn that robe into something strong enough to strangle someone with in under 20 minutes.

You could totally strangle someone with that robe belt.

Well, I'm terribly sorry, but you can't have a robe then.

Darn.

I don't see how fighting with nail clippers would be preferable to fighting with nothing. They make a very poor weapon. There are several things that would make a much better weapon and are allowed on planes. Laptop power cable, hot coffee, a backpack full of heavy books, a pen. All those would be a much better weapon than finger nail clippers.