Las Vegas: A man accused of trying to stab another passenger aboard an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Las Vegas has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. The suspect reportedly told authorities he intended to kill the victim and made an improvised weapon by wrapping rubber bands around several pens. Las Vegas: A man accused of trying to stab another passenger aboard an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Las Vegas has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. The suspect reportedly told authorities he intended to kill the victim and made an improvised weapon by wrapping rubber bands around several pens.