Strange But True Aviation News
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by Benet Wilson at
11/6/2009 12:00 PM CST
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This guy should REALLY know better. Larry Dale, president of Orlando Sanford International Airport and the facility's police captain, was detained while trying to catch a flight at Orlando International Airport. Why? He was caught carrying a shotgun shell in his carry-on bag, reports the Orlando Sentinel. He happened to be on his way to San Antonio for the National Sporting Clays Association national championship.
Hey-don't touch that AHHHHHHH! A passenger in a South African air force fighter plane got the ride of his life after accidentally activating the ejector seat, reports the Telegraph. He shot through the air but was unharmed.
Please stay on the plane until it comes to a complete stop. Michalis Katsounotos decided he didn't want to take a flight from Cyprus to Athens and decided to open a rear exit and slide down the emergency chute -- just as the plane was about to take off, reports the Associated Press. He told police he was testing the emergency equipment, but was arrested and charged with breaking civil aviation safety regulations and entering a prohibited airport space without permission.
Do the crime, do the time. Dana Christian Welch was sentenced to 30 months in a federal prison after being convicted of firing green laser beams at two jets about to land at John Wayne Airport, reports the Examiner.
Do the crime, do the time, part two. Remember that pilot who stole a Cessna 172 from a flight school in Ontario and was chased by a Customs and Border Protection plane and two Wisconsin Air National Guard F-16 fighter jets? He has been sentenced to two years in a federal prison, reports Ozarks First.
Do the crime, do the time, part three. Frederick Purvis will spend 30 months in a federal prison after he sent a series of e-mails to federal agencies and media outlets where he threatened to blow up Cincinnati landmarks and kill then-President Bush, reports Denver Westworld.
Don't forget the child muzzle on your next flight!! Southwest Airlines found itself apologizing to a mother after a flight attendant had the plane go back to the gate and kick her and her 2-year-old son because he was too noisy, reports News.com.au. She was also offered a $300 flight voucher.
It's a case of he said, she said. Associated Content slammed the Transportation Security Administration for allegedly allowing pop star Britney Spears to carry a Big Gulp cup past security at Los Angeles International Airport. But the TSA used its blog to dispute the charge, writing that Spears' cup did have ice chips, but no liquid. "Therefore, ice is permitted through the checkpoint, as long as it's screened by the X-ray (Which it was)."What? Isn't this a suit? Best Buys executive Armando Alvarez says he was denied his first class seat on a United Airlines flight out of Washington Dulles after a gate agent said he was wearing a track suit, reports WTTG-TV. The airline is investigating the charge.Who let the warthog out? An Air Zimbabwe MA60 aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing after hitting a warthog on the runway at Harare International Airport as it was taxiing to take off, reports the Guardian. No one was injured.
Dude -- what's that on our lawn? Police in Long Island, N.Y., were called after an airplane part fell out of the sky and onto the lawn of a local resident, reports the Associated Press. No one was injured, and no one has determined where the part came from.
We'll end the week with this bit in the UK's Times Online on what airline cabin crews really think of us passengers. I SWEAR I sat next to the salmon/chicken woman on a flight years ago.
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