Flatulence, not turbulence, forces plane to land

[Bandita]

 


http://www.fairviewobserver.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061205/NEWS01/612050361/1321/MTCN06

Tuesday, 12/05/06

Flatulence, not turbulence, forces plane to land
Passenger lighted matches to hide odor

By SAMUEL SHU
For The Tennessean


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.

The flight took off again, but the woman was not allowed back on the plane.

"American has banned her for a long time," Lowrance said.

She was not charged but could have been. While it is legal to bring as many as four books of paper safety matches onto an aircraft, it is illegal to strike a match in an airplane, Lowrance said

[Izzy]

"American has banned her for a long time," Lowrance said.

Thats the way to go - medical condition, ha! Next there will be ramps for wheelchair bound people - the cheek!

She was not charged but could have been. While it is legal to bring as many as four books of paper safety matches onto an aircraft, it is illegal to strike a match in an airplane, Lowrance said

What a law! They must have been burning more than matches when they came up with that one

' u can take the bomb on the plane - but its a $20 fine to set it off!''

[Cornell]

    I heard this on the radio!

Izzy - you can take cigarettes on a plane, but it's illegal to smoke them.  I guess the matches can go with ya too, but you can't light them.

[Izzy]

Izzy - you can take cigarettes on a plane, but it's illegal to smoke them.? I guess the matches can go with ya too, but you can't light them.

yes.....i had rather worked that one out for myself

[Cornell]

  OK - good.  I'm having "stupid people" issues today.

[The Dog]

Thank god you're still allowed to blow ass on planes, or else I'd be taking buses and trains when I travelled!