Passenger crawls into airliner's cargo hold through the bathroom and steals $238,000

dailymail.co.uk ^ | 5th March 2011

[rawhide]

A airplane passenger stole $238,000 during a flight in the Caribbean by sneaking into the cargo hold that was loaded with cash through the bathroom.

The unnamed man complained of feeling unwell at the start of the flight and spent most of it in the bathroom. He was, in fact, removing panels separating the toilet and the cargo hold, according to reports.

A Brink's security employee had placed three sacks of cash containing a total $1.6million in the hold of the Air Antilles plane before it took off from the French island of Guadeloupe, Fox News reported.

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[rawhide]

Pretty slick!

[Huck]

Wow. The guy had inside info for sure. And a well executed plan. Well played, robber man.

[Dominic01]

gives a new meaning to flushing your money down the toilet

[the invisib1e hand]

...and then wuddidee do?

[oust the louse]

somehow, someone with connections to that money will find it again. I’ll bet on that....this guy pulled off a great heist and fantasy.

[the invisib1e hand]

...and then wuddidee do?

[spodefly]

A airplane passenger stole $238,000 during a flight in the Caribbean by sneaking into the cargo hold that was loaded with cash through the bathroom.

The man ran down the stairs with a fire hose in his pajamas.

[the invisib1e hand]

I guess it helps if you’re wearing a blazer.

[padre35]

You got it all wrong, he had eaten some bad jerked goat and the bathroom was out of toilet paper, he had to find a substitute paper..

[editor-surveyor]

>> “the bathroom was out of toilet paper, he had to find a substitute paper” <<

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Yea, a regular McGiver he was...

[plain talk]

Maybe they were playng the movie “Catch me if you can” during the flight

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

He left nearly $1.4 million behind?

I guess he couldn’t stuff all of it down his pants.

[CORedneck]

What a heist !

[Old Flat Toad]

I built aircraft interiors for 5 years, about 2 years in the lavs. A typical lav module has a 3/4” Aluminum honeycomb floor and 1/2” Alum HC walls. Theres a few small holes in the unit, NOTHING big enough to get more than your hand through.

This sounds like a cover story. Doubt if the cash ever made it aboard. 100% inside job.

[Dan Cooper]

...and then wuddidee do?

probably put the cash into his own bags and returned to his seat...

[Oztrich Boy]

You seem to know about this. Just what is your middle initial anyway?

[Dan Cooper]

It’s B. Parachuting out of the bathroom would have taken a lot more disassembly of the aircraft, I’m sure.

[Southack]

I’ve landed at that airport at St Martin, and they screen incoming bags with drug dogs and random inspections as you deplane.

Probably not looking for cash, though!