Posted on 12/06/2006 7:42:36 AM PST by indcons
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Monday morning after a passenger lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence, authorities said.
The Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville after several passengers reported smelling burning sulfur from the matches, said Lynne Lowrance, spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority. All 99 passengers and five crew members were taken off and screened while the plane was searched and luggage was screened.
The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal a "body odor," Lowrance said. She had an unspecified medical condition, authorities said.
"It's humorous in a way but you feel sorry for the individual, as well," she said. "It's unusual that someone would go to those measures to cover it up."
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Talk about a nasty tail wind!
3rd posting? or is it 4th?
yeah! this is gettign downright redundant! it stinks!
saurkraut anyone?
Again?
"unspecified medical condition" my ass!
You forgot the Darwin alert!
No, I think she lit the match only once ;)
She was just taking her "Courtesy Fart"!
LOL!
LMAO
That looks like John Kerry. Obviously, it's someone with the same mentality.
What does one light to cover the scent of a multiple posting?
...and for the record, I'd like to apologize to my fellow passengers on that flight from LIH to LAX the other day. It must have been the poi.
It is a doctored picture of John F'in Kerry.
"This is a job for 'SUPER-LIB"!! Most recently, SUPER-LIB saved NYC from the evils of trans fats! Literally hundreds of thousands of lives will be saved as a result of forcing restaurants to re-create thousands of recipes and remove all trans fats! Now, SUPER-LIB has a new daunting task...to remove any and all foods from air liners menus that could cause flatulence! Beans, popcorn, barbecue et al MUST BE REMOVED...NOW! "Please hurry SUPER-LIB, hurry"! (sarc)
Well you know what they say, "It isn't the crime that gets you, Its the cover up"
It was doctored? I thought that there was something odd about the people in the background. This explains it!
Fancy meeting you here! This reminds me of a tale I heard about Reagan. I guess he was riding horses with Queen Elizabeth. They stopped for a minute and the Queens horse let loose a large loud "toot". The Queen looked at him and said "oh, I am very sorry about that." I guess Reagan said " thats quite alright your majesty, but I kind of thought it was the horse"
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