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Troll_Bait
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: [T]eaching experience doesn't matter much. -Lee Young-chan (pictured)
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 Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:56 pm Post subject: Passenger flatulence prompts US jet to make emergency landin |
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Passenger flatulence prompts US jet to make emergency landing
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An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing after a passenger with severe gas problems struck matches to mask the odor of flatulence, an official said.
The flight from Washington to Texas landed at Nashville airport, in the southeastern state of Tennessee, after passengers alerted the crew about the smell of burning sulfur, Lynne Lowrance, spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority told AFP.
She said all 99 passengers and their luggage were taken off the plane and searched, and an unlucky canine team was brought in to sniff the aircraft for explosives.
After intense questioning by the FBI, a woman passenger admitted to lighting matches on board the aircraft to conceal her gas, Lowrance said.
"For a long time she did not admit to striking matches and I think that was just out of embarrassment," she said. "She did finally admit to it saying she had a medical problem about excessive gas."
The unidentified woman was not charged but "American did ban her from flying on their airline for a very long time," Lowrance said.
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Grimalkin
Joined: 22 May 2005
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The unidentified woman was not charged but "American did ban her from flying on their airline for a very long time," Lowrance said.
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Right! (ROFL)...as if she'd have the nerve to show up there again after that humiliation.  |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| I don't get that one. She lit matches in the washroom or at her seat? Wouldn't most of the odour have been eliminated by flushing the toilet a couple of times? That woman needs to be embarressed for having been so irrational. |
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xtchr
Joined: 23 Nov 2004
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| She's obviously fairly dense, but I don't understand why passengers were allowed on with matches in the first place. Why all the general airport security fuss about nail scissors and crochet hooks etc being banned, if people can get on board with matches? |
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