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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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1 posted on 10/29/2001 10:14:31 PM PST by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins
Sometimes the jokes just write themselves....
2 posted on 10/29/2001 10:17:51 PM PST by oc-flyfish
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins
Fly Air India.... it's obviously not secure, but it's free! For ticketed passengers, toilet privileges not included.
3 posted on 10/29/2001 10:20:57 PM PST by onyx
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To: oc-flyfish
Lets hear one. Common, you can do it! :).
4 posted on 10/29/2001 10:33:47 PM PST by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins
This could've been prevented with a federal potty patrol to clean between flights.</sarcasm>
5 posted on 10/29/2001 10:35:49 PM PST by Rubber Duckie
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins
When ya' gotta go, ya' gotta go!
6 posted on 10/29/2001 10:45:05 PM PST by Robear
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To: Rubber Duckie
At least they were smart enough not to hide in the wheel wells.
7 posted on 10/29/2001 10:54:56 PM PST by celtic gal
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins
Air India Security Guarad Screening Passengers prior to Boarding


8 posted on 10/29/2001 10:58:52 PM PST by Diogenesis
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To: Diogenesis
LOLOL! Another failed levitation by Sri "Wrong-Way" Ramdhishedagain, the human jack hammer.
9 posted on 10/29/2001 11:54:02 PM PST by Bonaparte
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins; CommiesOut; madrussian; Askel5

I imagine that the only thing worse than an Air India toilet is a Ukrainian one.

10 posted on 10/30/2001 12:55:34 AM PST by struwwelpeter
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins
So that's how Afgans fly their planes.
11 posted on 10/30/2001 12:59:48 AM PST by fella
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To: struwwelpeter
It could just as easily be Italian.
12 posted on 10/30/2001 2:57:34 AM PST by csvset
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins
I wonder how they did that.
13 posted on 10/30/2001 3:02:55 AM PST by Patria One
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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?

14 posted on 10/30/2001 3:10:18 AM PST by Orual
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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.
15 posted on 10/30/2001 3:15:13 AM PST by jjbrouwer
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To: Orual
LOL.. my thoughts exactly... Never mind the curry.
16 posted on 10/30/2001 3:17:29 AM PST by Patria One
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins
That proves that they do not clean their toilets.
17 posted on 10/30/2001 3:20:32 AM PST by Bahbah
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To: struwwelpeter
They have turkist toilets like that ALL OVER FRANCE as well!!
18 posted on 10/30/2001 3:50:06 AM PST by crazykatz
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To: oc-flyfish
ROFL ROFL
20 posted on 10/30/2001 4:11:25 AM PST by Lilly
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