Farts on a plane!
Or, “It’s not the crime, it’s the coverup”.
It may be one problem airline security officials never envisioned — a passenger lighting matches in flight to mask odors from her flatulence.
The woman’s actions resulted in an emergency landing on Monday in Nashville of an American Airlines flight bound for Dallas from Washington, D.C., said Lynne Lowrance, a spokeswoman for Nashville’s airport.
Other passengers reported the odor of burned matches, but the woman was not forthcoming when asked about it, Lowrance said on Wednesday.
Reuters
Maybe this is why the Automatic Targeting System cares what you had for lunch.
How did she got the matches on the plane? I think these are not allowe
@ td: here’s a hint: if metal detectors can’t even pick up a Bic lighter or x-ray machine can’t see an eyeglass screwdriver, how are they going to find a pack of matches? I speak from experience *coughcough*… 😉
TSA permits up to 4 books of safety matches on board. TSA.gov is your “friend.”
What would you have to eat to produce dangerously explosive flatulence? A nice healthy lunch of Polonium 210, carbon rods and baked beans perhaps?
There’s a “three ounces of liquid” joke in this somewhere, but I’m not going to look for it…
Hmm.
Go to lavatory.
Plug sink.
Pour multiple 3oz. gasoline bottles in sink.
Wait ~30 seconds for proper vaporisation and saturation of gasoline vapor.
Strike matche(s).
Fire.
Why would they ever allow matches? It’s illogical if they ban all other sources of fire.