Posted on 11/26/2005 6:56:20 PM PST by B Knotts
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- An intoxicated passenger who lit a cigarette and urinated in the aisle led pilots to divert a United Airlines flight from Orlando to Washington, D.C., an airline spokeswoman said.
The man, whose name the airline declined to release, was taken off flight 1502 in Charlotte and questioned by police, spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said.
The man was "acting extremely inappropriately," Urbanski said. "When you want to run a safe airline, we don't tolerate that type of activity on our aircraft."
A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police watch commander referred questions about an in-flight incident to the FBI in Charlotte, which did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
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Well, I guess it varies from airport to airport maybe...
What a numbnut.. can you imagine flying an a plane that smells like a urinal?
"FBI investigators say Mark McGovern was the unruly passenger that caused a United Airlines flight to be diverted to Charlotte after he lit a cigarette, argued with a flight attendant, then urinated in the plane's aisle, the airline said."Damn McGoverns!
Again, some airports insist on checking every passenger physically...
At least he could have had the common courtesy to kick in one of the windows and p*ss outside the plane.
Which ones?
Probably pi$$ed-off from the horrible service, being searched, probed, late scheduled arrival, lousy food...
As it was put in yet another report: "and then [the perp] stopped violating, but only because he had finished, and not due to any understanding..." How on earth would the burly passengers [in any number] quell his urination? The only way would be with a loop of a thin but strong wire or string, and such a specialized equipment was in all probability not available.
Sop it, save it... it's future biometrics data.
Guess you don't travel. I been travelling with a lighter in my pocket for the last 40 years?
The magnetron does not pick it up. There is less metal in the cap and striker than in some people's fillings! Got it?
I guess I didn't want to be implicated if the plane went down on its own.
Duh - he had to put it out and it would break Federal Law if he took a lit smoke into the bathroom.
I walked through the metal detector with a wedding ring, a class ring, my watch and my belt.
There's no way a lighter will set off the alarm by itself. Just one of those rings has more metal than 20 lighters.
I was on a Horizon Air (Alaska Airlines) three-hour commuter flight this a.m. in a plane with one lavatory for about 80 people. I came close to urinating in the aisle for want of a proper place to do it. I was seated near the back of a l-o-o-o-ng substandard, overheated plane with rock-hard seats and surly flight attendants who served battery acid coffee. Every time I tried to get to the head, located 18 rows ahead of me next to the flight deck, someone beat me to it. The situation was desperate when I finally made it. I have some sympathy for the guy.
No, a sick person would KNOW this is funny.
I have had aluminum foil GUM WRAPPERS set off the metal detectors.
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