Wednesday, November 10

Airport Dramas

   1. "Naked Canadian man jumps on moving Qantas jet"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1234821.htm >
   "A Canadian man angry that he was refused a plane ticket to Australia at Los
    Angeles International Airport has stripped naked, climbed a barbed wire fence,
    sprinted across the tarmac and climbed into the wheel well of a moving jumbo
    jet"

   2. "Stripper in airport scare"
      < http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/18/1084783518786.html >
   "A drunken woman looking for a place to sleep slipped past security and onto an
    aircraft at Aberdeen airport in Scotland where she dozed unnoticed for several
    hours, sparking a review of security"

   3. "Air passenger dropped his trousers"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_959437.html >
   "A passenger at Cologne airport stunned staff who asked him to remove his belt
    by taking off his trousers instead"

   4. "Man in pyjama bottoms beats US airport security"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1030127.html >
   "A US airline passenger drove a baggage tractor on to a runway while wearing
    only a pair of pyjama bottoms"

   5. "Boy, 4, sneaks onto airport conveyor belt"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200407/s1163414.htm >
   "A four-year-old boy caused chaos at a Norwegian airport this week when he
    hopped aboard a luggage conveyor belt next to an unstaffed check-in desk"

   6. "Woman drives car through airport terminal"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1123450.html >
   "A woman returning her rented car to an airport drop-off point - drove the
    vehicle through a terminal building"

   7. "Spilled nail varnish on plane prompts emergency at German airport"
      < http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/07/03/524143-ap.html >
   "A spilled bottle of nail varnish on-board an aircraft prompted emergency
    services to rush into action at an airport in northern Germany"

   8. "Vibrator closes airport"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1127123.html >
   "An adult sex toy sparked a security scare which closed an Australian airport
    for nearly an hour"

   9. "Drunken flight attendant beats up passenger"
      < http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/07/20/550181-ap.html >
   "Drunken passengers often give air crews trouble, but Russia's leading airline
    on Tuesday reported an 'unprecedented' reversal: a passenger was assaulted by
    intoxicated flight attendants"