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Afghans Hide in Air India Toilets, Reach Britain
Reuters
| 10/30/01
Posted on 10/29/2001 10:14:31 PM PST by Freedom of Speech Wins
Tuesday October 30 12:11 AM ET
Afghans Hide in Air India Toilets, Reach Britain
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least two Afghans hid in toilets on an Air India plane and reached London without passports, valid tickets or visas and sought asylum, newspapers reported Tuesday.
The stowaways boarded an Air India flight from Bombay to London with a stopover in New Delhi Sunday. But instead of disembarking in the Indian capital, they stayed on the plane, the Hindustan Times said.
The paper quoted officials of the state-run airline as saying two Afghan nationals hid in the toilets and managed to reach London without being detected.
``The two men rushed to immigration at Heathrow and demanded political asylum. They were taken away for interrogation,'' Air India's commercial director V.K. Verma was quoted as saying.
The Economic Times, however, said there were four Afghans on the flight who made it to London without travel documents.
A spokesman for the airline declined to make any immediate comment on the newspaper reports.
The security breach coincided with the start of the government's Aviation Security Week designed to reinforce security measures at airports around the country.
India has been on heightened alert since the Sept. 11 air assaults on the United States. There have been two hijack scares in India since then.
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins
Sometimes the jokes just write themselves....
To: Freedom of Speech Wins
Fly Air India.... it's obviously not secure, but it's free! For ticketed passengers, toilet privileges not included.
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posted on
10/29/2001 10:20:57 PM PST
by
onyx
To: oc-flyfish
Lets hear one. Common, you can do it! :).
To: Freedom of Speech Wins
This could've been prevented with a federal potty patrol to clean between flights.</sarcasm>
To: Freedom of Speech Wins
When ya' gotta go, ya' gotta go!
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posted on
10/29/2001 10:45:05 PM PST
by
Robear
To: Rubber Duckie
At least they were smart enough not to hide in the wheel wells.
To: Freedom of Speech Wins
Air India Security Guarad Screening Passengers prior to Boarding
To: Diogenesis
LOLOL! Another failed levitation by Sri "Wrong-Way" Ramdhishedagain, the human jack hammer.
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posted on
10/29/2001 11:54:02 PM PST
by
Bonaparte
To: Freedom of Speech Wins; CommiesOut; madrussian; Askel5
I imagine that the only thing worse than an Air India toilet is a Ukrainian one.
To: Freedom of Speech Wins
So that's how Afgans fly their planes.
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posted on
10/30/2001 12:59:48 AM PST
by
fella
To: struwwelpeter
It could just as easily be Italian.
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posted on
10/30/2001 2:57:34 AM PST
by
csvset
To: Freedom of Speech Wins
I wonder how they did that.
To: Patria One
I wonder how they did that. So do I. It's 4,460 air miles from Bombay to London. Didn't anyone on that plane have to use the facilities?
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posted on
10/30/2001 3:10:18 AM PST
by
Orual
To: Orual
I flew back from NYC on Air India earlier this month. If the curry I had was anything to go by I think there would be quite a high demand for their loos.
To: Orual
LOL.. my thoughts exactly... Never mind the curry.
To: Freedom of Speech Wins
That proves that they do not clean their toilets.
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posted on
10/30/2001 3:20:32 AM PST
by
Bahbah
To: struwwelpeter
They have turkist toilets like that ALL OVER FRANCE as well!!
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To: oc-flyfish
ROFL ROFL
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posted on
10/30/2001 4:11:25 AM PST
by
Lilly
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