Flatulence, not turbulence forces plane landing in Nashville

WBIR ^ | 5 Dec 06 | SAMUEL SHU

[OldCorps]

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.

[OldCorps]

Let the jokes begin!

[beyond the sea]

flatulence ping //////

[dfwgator]

"Mind if I fart? It's one of my habits. I have my own section on airplanes now. I tried to quit for a year, but I gained a lot of weight."

[GnuHere]

Did Richard Reid consider this as an excuse?

[Brilliant]

I thought that Teddy always used his private jet.

[beyond the sea]

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.

I'm glad she didn't light her undies on fire like back at the fraternity house back in the 60's.

[JesusBmyGod]

I've been on some bad flights before, but that one sounds like it really STUNK!

[NormsRevenge]

Bomb-sniffing dogs found spent matches.


... and a lingering aroma,, These dogs deserve an extra bone or two for this mission, imo..

[beyond the sea]

The woman lives near Dallas and has a medical condition.

Yeh, a Texas medical condition..... too many hot chili peppers and cheese.

[Paddlefish]

Fart-joke.com

[Eagle of Liberty]

OK!!

[beyond the sea]

These dogs deserve an extra bone or two for this mission, imo..

Maybe the woman could use a bone. Maybe she would get rid of that "condition".

[GSWarrior]

If you fart in church you have to sit in your own pew.

[beyond the sea]

ROFL!

[BallyBill]

I've heard of a face that could stop a clock, but a fart that could bring down a plane. Whew!

[GOP Poet]

Gives a whole new meaning to terrorist attack. I wonder if she's on the watch list? Lethal weapon 4.

[SunTzuWu]

If you fart in church you have to sit in your own pew.

That's Laugh Out Loud Funny!

[HOTTIEBOY]

[Young Werther]

What! No Inflight Courtesy Beano Brunch?

Of course if all passengers were fitted with tubular Depends then the excess gas could be directed to the afterburner on the engines and "souper cruise" could be achieved.

pat. pending

[Tamar1973]

Master Qui-gon Jin and his padawan Obi-wan Kenobi exit American Flight 1053, from Washington Reagan National Airport and bound for Dallas/Fort Worth at their unscheduled stop in Nashville after a plant for the the Trade Federation planted dioxis in the lavoratory of the plane.