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Naked French Tunisian Passenger Storms Cockpit and Forces Air France Plane to Land
AP ^
| 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: Wm Bach
"What men will do for a little cock pit"LOL...best one so far!
To: Destro
I think that his last words before stripping off his clothes and running for the cockpit were:
"What do you mean you don't have any Grey Poupon!"
dvwjr
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08/20/2002 1:50:50 PM PDT
by
dvwjr
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To: Destro
what, no pics? Oh well, probably better that way (now I have this thought in my head of a naked Janet Reno storming the cockpit screaming 'Where's Elian?!?! I will get you my pretty!')
To: michigander
Tenez mon vin et observez ceci !
To: Destro
He was later released without being charged. They must have found out he was shooting blanks.
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posted on
08/20/2002 2:47:43 PM PDT
by
VetoBill
To: chance33_98
"what, no pics?"Some things are better left to the imagination, LOL.
To: discostu
...tackle a naked man. eww.
To: IncPen
"I got to pee like a Tunisian rat"!
To: Norvokov
"You idiots are so predictable. Anytime France is mentioned on this board, you all predictably and collectively say, "THE FRENCH GUY WAS PROBABLY SURRENDERING!!"I didn't. Most of us didn't say a word about surrendering and do not deserve your sweeping condemnation, you moronic boil upon the arse of humanity.
To: Species8472
LOL!
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posted on
08/20/2002 3:30:48 PM PDT
by
SelmaLee
To: Destro
Real headline...French Crew Surrenders Cockpit to Naked Man.
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posted on
08/20/2002 3:32:05 PM PDT
by
copycat
To: cake_crumb
Why SHOULDN'T we connect the French with surrender?
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posted on
08/20/2002 3:34:03 PM PDT
by
copycat
To: copycat
LOL...you make only the second or third poster to add the token "surrender" quip...what made me mad was being included in a collective condemnation.
Add the fact the naked man to tried to violate the cockpit was likely a Musim, and you have a recipe for surrender quips galore, LOL.
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To: Xenalyte
'The streets will flow with the blood of the non-believers!'
The Great Cornholio
To: Destro
To: ofMagog; Snow Bunny; LadyX; Billie; COB1; razorback-bert; beowolf
Scuttlebutt sends word he is unavoidably delayed in getting back to the ship
It's true that I was briefly detained but please don't convey the notion that I was completely nekkid. I was wearing a pair of LadyX's skivvies at the time.
To: Norvokov
"Then, the "sweeping condemnation" didn't apply to you or the others that refrained from saying it."Oh? If some are expected to understand they are not included, don't use the words "you all predictably and collectively say" which of course includes everyone.
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