Putting the “Air” Into the Plane

Now for some toilet humor.

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.

I can imagine it now…the pilot radios in..

Pilot: “We’re heading in for an emergency landing due to flatulence.”
Conrol tower: “Don’t you mean turbulence?”
Pilot: “No.”

But back to the report..

Other passengers reported the odor of burned matches, but the woman was not forthcoming when asked about it, Lowrance said on Wednesday.

“Of course, she was scared and embarrassed but all the passengers had to disembark, all the luggage had to be searched, a canine team was brought in, and about three hours were consumed in sorting out the situation,” she said.

You see that? They called in the bomb bum sniffing dogs.

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