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Flatulence, not turbulence forces plane landing in Nashville
WBIR ^ | 5 Dec 06 | SAMUEL SHU

Posted on 12/05/2006 12:10:58 PM PST by 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.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: dontlightamatch; fart; flatulence; lepetomane; nofarting; pullmyfinger
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To: OldCorps

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


21 posted on 12/05/2006 12:28:29 PM PST by najida (If it wasn't for fast food, I'd have no food at all.)
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To: beyond the sea; Tijeras_Slim
flatulence ping //////

I'm just honored to be included on these. 

22 posted on 12/05/2006 12:28:42 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Young Werther; All
Was this person a recently elected Democrat, by any chance?
Sounds suspiciously descriptive to me.
23 posted on 12/05/2006 12:29:35 PM PST by Gideon Reader ("The quiet gentleman sitting in the corner sipping his Kenya AA,,defaulted to the PO'ed position..)
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To: martin_fierro

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


24 posted on 12/05/2006 12:29:57 PM PST by beyond the sea ( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
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To: NormsRevenge; BallyBill; GSWarrior; Kerretarded; All
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:


25 posted on 12/05/2006 12:31:29 PM PST by OldCorps
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To: Kerretarded

Thats pretty series! lol!


26 posted on 12/05/2006 12:32:14 PM PST by OldCorps
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To: OldCorps
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.

27 posted on 12/05/2006 12:33:18 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

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


28 posted on 12/05/2006 12:37:22 PM PST by OldCorps
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To: ClearCase_guy

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


29 posted on 12/05/2006 12:40:22 PM PST by GOP Poet
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To: beyond the sea

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



Patty Sheehan?


30 posted on 12/05/2006 12:40:36 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: OldCorps

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


31 posted on 12/05/2006 12:42:10 PM PST by XR7
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To: Brilliant
Close Cindy Sheehan. Oh yeah, she is a fart face. Hey! Maybe that is the medical condition . . . fart face!!!
32 posted on 12/05/2006 12:42:31 PM PST by GOP Poet
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To: OldCorps

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


33 posted on 12/05/2006 12:43:27 PM PST by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: GOP Poet

that's what I meant, of course.


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


34 posted on 12/05/2006 12:44:03 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: Tamar1973

35 posted on 12/05/2006 12:48:21 PM PST by monkapotamus
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To: XR7

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


36 posted on 12/05/2006 12:49:57 PM PST by GOP Poet
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To: Brilliant
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. :-)

37 posted on 12/05/2006 12:52:51 PM PST by GOP Poet
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To: Brilliant

Cindy?


38 posted on 12/05/2006 12:54:13 PM PST by beyond the sea ( All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.)
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To: XR7

LOO!!! I mean LOL!!!!

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


39 posted on 12/05/2006 1:06:07 PM PST by synbad600
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To: OldCorps
sometimes

things are so naturally funny

no comedic improvement

can be made

40 posted on 12/05/2006 1:36:34 PM PST by Finger Monkey (H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
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