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Naked French Tunisian Passenger Storms Cockpit and Forces Air France Plane to Land
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| Tue Aug 20, 1:27 PM ET
| AP
Posted on 08/20/2002 12:20:05 PM PDT by Destro
Naked Passenger Forces Plane to Land
Tue Aug 20, 1:27 PM ET
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - An Air France flight bound for Oslo, Norway, was forced to make an emergency landing in Belgium after a naked passenger tried to storm the cockpit, authorities said Tuesday.
The flight which left Paris shortly before 20.15 local time on Monday was rerouted to Brussels international airport after the 31-year-old stripped off all his clothes at his seat and tried to force his way into the cockpit, officials at the Brussels prosecutor's office said.
The pilot requested help from Belgian air traffic control which allowed the plane to land. The man, a French national of Tunisian origin was removed from the plane and arrested by police. He was later released without being charged.
Authorities did not give his name of the passenger and did not say why he tried to storm the flight deck.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: france
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To: aimhigh
As has been pointed out by streakers in the past: nobody really wants to tackle a naked man.
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posted on
08/20/2002 12:48:54 PM PDT
by
discostu
To: ofMagog
How do you say "Hold my grog" and "Watch this" in french?
To: Destro
Why would someone want to enter a small enclosed space with two or three Frenchmen in it?
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posted on
08/20/2002 12:52:16 PM PDT
by
putupon
To: My2Cents
Investigated by Inspector Cleauseau?
To: MadIvan
I was in Oslo at the weekend: thought it was quite a nice city. Beer prices are ridiculous, and the whisky is so prohibitively expensive that the Norsemen are an uncultured lot, but it's still a nice city.
I would guess that the biggest problem with this nut was that few are prepared to tackle someone with their's hanging out. Kinda like that old cricket streaker footage, eh?
Andrew
To: BlessingInDisguise
You bad man. You very very bad man.
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posted on
08/20/2002 1:00:03 PM PDT
by
gridlock
To: My2Cents
No crime. Move along. No guns needed in the cockpit. Move along. Keep the line moving. All peasants keep moving please.
To: michigander
"Gardez mon biere".
To: Destro
"Naked Tunisian storms cockpit. The jokes write themselves."LOL....
...But I wonder why he was simply released? The naked male French Tunisian cockpit-stormer ought to at LEAST have been given a mandetory vacation in Rubber Room Land. EUroweenies....who can understand them?
To: BlessingInDisguise
GEEEEEZ....I hadn't even THOUGHT of it like that until I saw your "LOL!"
LOL!
To: Destro
What men will do for a little cock pit.
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posted on
08/20/2002 1:16:38 PM PDT
by
Wm Bach
To: cake_crumb
Hmmmm....naked French Tunisian men and EUroweenies....there's a joke in there somewhere.
To: Destro
The man, a French national of Tunisian origin was removed from the plane and arrested by police. He was later released without being charged, and offered a job as an airport security guard in the United States.
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posted on
08/20/2002 1:20:38 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: Destro; Hap
Uh, heh heh, heh heh . . . heh heh, heh heh . . . you said "cockpit."
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posted on
08/20/2002 1:22:07 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
To: Destro
Do as I say or I'll shoot!
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posted on
08/20/2002 1:26:28 PM PDT
by
geaux
To: Destro
[after a naked passenger tried to storm the cockpit]
Naked? I didn't know the French had adopted current US airport security measures.
To: Destro
He was later released without being charged.
And THESE are the "allies" whose opinion regarding OUR war on terrorism we seek????
To: discostu
As has been pointed out by streakers in the past: nobody really wants to tackle a naked man. ... and the terrorists find our Achilles' heel.
To: GenXFreedomFighter
Well I think if the guy was armed (which would be pretty easy to tell, hard to conceal a weapon when you're not even concealing your tool) people would probably over come that reticense. Then there's the question of what happens when 4 naked terrorists try to take over a plane and everyone points and laughs.
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posted on
08/20/2002 1:37:17 PM PDT
by
discostu
To: Destro
He was later released without being charged. Say WHAT? There's something bizarre about THIS story other than just the fact that the guy was naked...
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