Flatulence, not turbulence, forces plane to land

[NashVegas]

mods, you may want to move this to the lounge, but it is a security matter. really.

Flatulence brought 99 passengers on an American Airlines flight to an unscheduled visit to Nashville early Monday morning.

American Flight 1053, from Washington Reagan National Airport and bound for Dallas/Fort Worth, made an emergency landing here after passengers reported smelling struck matches, said Lynne Lowrance, a spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority.

The plane landed safely. The FBI, Transportation Safety Administration and airport authority responded to the emergency, Lowrance said.

The passengers and five crew members were brought off the plane, together with all the luggage, to go through security checks again. Bomb-sniffing dogs found spent matches.

The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal body odor, Lowrance said. The woman lives near Dallas and has a medical condition.

http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061205/NEWS01/612050361


that poor, poor woman.

[Ian David]

1. Don't they make pocket-sized containers of Febreez or Lysol? n/t

[bluemarkers]

2. ban on liquids

no brocolli pre flights anymore

[BlueJazz]

3. Doctors also reported that besides having a medical condition...

...the Lady has (and I quote the Miss)

"My Favorite breakfast snack is a 55 Gal. barrel of Pork and Beans"

:spank:

I just thought of something ...Crisco.

You DID put this in the right Forum:

Latest BREAKING News.

:rofl:

[NashVegas]

4. Ow

:hide:

[lonestarnot]

8. OMG

:rofl:

[DemoTex]

5. Oh, the in-flight flatulence stories I could tell ..

But I will pass.

[Eurobabe]

6. I heard they really stink n/t

[AngryAmish]

14. Do tell

[zbdent]

7. Honest, I was nowhere near

that flight ...

It's a good thing that I went to Atlantic City a few years before 9/11/2001 ... one trip, I could have been detained as a "methane terrorist" ...

[carlydenise]

9. I am feeling poetic

Beans...Beans....the musical fruit

The more you eat....the more you toot

Airline security whom with you must deal

If you eat Beans as a pre-flight meal

Carly

[Haole Girl]

10. Unbelievable...

Some people. :eyes:

[Fuzz]

11. Would that be classified as a chemical or biological weapon?

[Tesha]

12. Isn't this guy on the watchlist yet?

Isn't this guy on the watchlist yet?

[Up2Late]

13. Add stupidity to the Flatulence that brought down the Jet.

What an IDIOT! Lighting matches in an Aircraft Lavatory is SOOOOOO STUPID! They have smoke detectors in them for a reason.:banghead:

[carlydenise]

15. I have had to endure a plane seat right by the lavatory on more than one occasion

Lighting a match isn't gonna do any good, especially on a long flight, the whole plane ends up reeking of stinky toilet by the end of the flight anyway
Carly