Flatulence, not turbulence forces plane landing in Nashville

WBIR ^ | 5 Dec 06 | SAMUEL SHU

[OldCorps]

Flatulence brought 99 passengers on an American Airlines flight to an unscheduled visit to Nashville early Monday morning.

American Flight 1053, from Washington Reagan National Airport and bound for Dallas/Fort Worth, made an emergency landing here after passengers reported smelling struck matches, said Lynne Lowrance, a spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority.

The plane landed safely. The FBI, Transportation Safety Administration and airport authority responded to the emergency, Lowrance said.

The passengers and five crew members were brought off the plane, together with all the luggage, to go through security checks again. Bomb-sniffing dogs found spent matches.

The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal body odor, Lowrance said. The woman lives near Dallas and has a medical condition.

The flight took off again, but the woman was not allowed back on the plane.

"American has banned her for a long time," Lowrance said.

She was not charged but could have been. While it is legal to bring as many as four books of paper safety matches onto an aircraft, it is illegal to strike a match in an airplane, Lowrance said.

[OldCorps]

Let the jokes begin!

[beyond the sea]

flatulence ping //////

[dfwgator]

"Mind if I fart? It's one of my habits. I have my own section on airplanes now. I tried to quit for a year, but I gained a lot of weight."

[GnuHere]

Did Richard Reid consider this as an excuse?

[Brilliant]

I thought that Teddy always used his private jet.

[beyond the sea]

The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal body odor, Lowrance said. The woman lives near Dallas and has a medical condition.

I'm glad she didn't light her undies on fire like back at the fraternity house back in the 60's.

[JesusBmyGod]

I've been on some bad flights before, but that one sounds like it really STUNK!

[NormsRevenge]

Bomb-sniffing dogs found spent matches.


... and a lingering aroma,, These dogs deserve an extra bone or two for this mission, imo..

[beyond the sea]

The woman lives near Dallas and has a medical condition.

Yeh, a Texas medical condition..... too many hot chili peppers and cheese.

[Paddlefish]

Fart-joke.com

[Kerretarded]

OK!!

[beyond the sea]

These dogs deserve an extra bone or two for this mission, imo..

Maybe the woman could use a bone. Maybe she would get rid of that "condition".

[GSWarrior]

If you fart in church you have to sit in your own pew.

[beyond the sea]

ROFL!

[BallyBill]

I've heard of a face that could stop a clock, but a fart that could bring down a plane. Whew!

[GOP Poet]

Gives a whole new meaning to terrorist attack. I wonder if she's on the watch list? Lethal weapon 4.

[SunTzuWu]

If you fart in church you have to sit in your own pew.

That's Laugh Out Loud Funny!

[HOTTIEBOY]

[Young Werther]

What! No Inflight Courtesy Beano Brunch?

Of course if all passengers were fitted with tubular Depends then the excess gas could be directed to the afterburner on the engines and "souper cruise" could be achieved.

pat. pending

[Tamar1973]

Master Qui-gon Jin and his padawan Obi-wan Kenobi exit American Flight 1053, from Washington Reagan National Airport and bound for Dallas/Fort Worth at their unscheduled stop in Nashville after a plant for the the Trade Federation planted dioxis in the lavoratory of the plane.

[najida]

Poor thing....
I'd laugh....
but she coulda made the plane explode!

[martin_fierro]

flatulence ping //////

I'm just honored to be included on these. 

[Gideon Reader]

Was this person a recently elected Democrat, by any chance?
Sounds suspiciously descriptive to me.

[beyond the sea]

It's a Burgh thing..............

[OldCorps]

Ok folks, I think I found a pic of the perpetrator (the one who dealt it) when she was dressed as a man, practicing before the flight:

[OldCorps]

Thats pretty series! lol!

[ClearCase_guy]

Not to be a wet noodle, but the headline is wrong.

The plane was not grounded due to flatulence. The plane was grounded because passengers correctly identified evidence that matches had been struck on board. Striking a match is illegal, and the passengers should be commended for be cautious.

[OldCorps]

Thank you member of the bar for setting the record straight. /s>

[GOP Poet]

Uh, duh. But hey any excuse for fart jokes. Quit being a stinker :-).

[Brilliant]

"The woman lives near Dallas and has a medical condition."



Patty Sheehan?

[XR7]

Reminds me of a televangelist from Dallas, Robert Tilton, famous for his flatulence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS436sDdVtY&mode=related&search=

[GOP Poet]

Close Cindy Sheehan. Oh yeah, she is a fart face. Hey! Maybe that is the medical condition . . . fart face!!!

[geezerwheezer]

ROTFLOL....this case brought tears to my eyes....and nose!

[Brilliant]

that's what I meant, of course.


She's not someone I want to remember too well.

[monkapotamus]

[GOP Poet]

Man and that wasn't even the Robert Tilton Megamix. Whew wee-e that mad me laugh.

[GOP Poet]

Understandable.

Actually I love that you used another name. Wouldn't it be great if we all forgot her permanently? Sorry to refresh your memory. I know it isn't a pretty reminder (or memory).

Good one about Sheehan though. Perfect. :-)

[beyond the sea]

Cindy?

[synbad600]

LOO!!! I mean LOL!!!!

Is that guy for real? Please tell me it's a joke.

[Finger Monkey]

sometimes

things are so naturally funny

no comedic improvement

can be made

[finnman69]

[finnman69]

"the captain has turned off the no farting sign"

[Halls]

little girl behind us Sunday at church was farting over and over. She kept kicking my hubbies chair as well and he kept looking at me like he wanted to turn around and slap this child silly, but of course we were in church! So we had to sit still all the while with a foul stench in the air!

[gondramB]

>>Not to be a wet noodle, but the headline is wrong.

The plane was not grounded due to flatulence. The plane was grounded because passengers correctly identified evidence that matches had been struck on board. Striking a match is illegal, and the passengers should be commended for be cautious.<<

I didn't know it was illegal to strike a match on a plane...

I don't fly that much but I don't remember such a notice.

[Callahan]

She probably suffers from Krohn's disease.

[beyond the sea]

A friend of mine's wife had that problem. Very painful at times.