Flatulence Leads To Grounding Of Plane

[Kor37 9]

Flatulence Leads to Grounding of Plane

 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Dec. 5) - It is considered polite to light a match after passing gas. Not while on a plane.

 

An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Monday morning after a passenger lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence, authorities said.

 

The Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville after several passengers reported smelling burning sulfur from the matches, said Lynne Lowrance, spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority. All 99 passengers and five crew members were taken off and screened while the plane was searched and luggage was screened.

 

The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal a "body odor," Lowrance said. She had an unspecified medical condition, authorities said.

 

"It's humorous in a way but you feel sorry for the individual, as well," she said. "It's unusual that someone would go to those measures to cover it up."

 

The flight took off again, but the woman was not allowed back on the plane. The woman, who was not identified, was not charged in the incident.

 

 

I think I've sat next to this woman at church................

Edited December 6, 2006 by Kor37

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

I probably met the same woman on a bus.

 

Maybe she was trying to light her fart on fire or something.

[Kor37 9]

I wonder if the oxygen masks came down?......

[jadziaezri 0]

I bet they needed them

[Yillara Skye 1]

I guess she missed that episode of Myth Busters, where they determined that doing that really does not work. Sad that everybody else had to delay their trips because she decided to do something pretty goofy, medical condition not withstanding. I know that it can't be helped, it IS a normal body function... however, lighting matches when it was not ok to do so is avoidable. Edited December 12, 2006 by Yillara_Skye