“I Had to Go Real Bad!”

Beware the old man on a plane.

An elderly passenger on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from San Diego thought he was opening a bathroom door.

 

Instead, the man was pulling on the handle of an exit door, spooking fellow passengers and setting off an alarm that prompted the pilot to evacuate the first-class section for about an hour.

 

The plane landed safely at about 11:20 a.m. Wednesday.

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark was apparently on the plane and thought “Not again!”

 

But I want to raise the following questions:

 

  • Was this really a mere act of senility or, in fact, an attempted terror attack? I mean, the terrorists have already resorted to using women and children. Old people are the next logical step. Hmmm..maybe those airport screeners frisking little old ladies and men know something.

  • Had he succeeded in opening the door, would the experience have been so different from that of the airplane toilet? I don’t know about you, but I feel like I am going to get sucked out of the plane every time I flush one of those things.
  • About the Author

    An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.

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