In yet another impressive lapse in airport security, a passenger hid two African parrots in his carry-on luggage when he boarded a JetBlue flight to Newark from Puerto Rico. The two birds then escaped during the flight, and enjoyed their time flying around the cabin. Keep in mind that while the government is noting our [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Parrots Escape in JetBlue CabinThe title sorta says it all: a British businessman traveling through Dubai’s airport is suing said airport because he slipped on a piece of watermelon and hurt himself. For some reason, he feels this is worth about $550,000.
Read the Rest of the Story: Man Slips on Watermelon, Sues AirportSnoop Dogg (real name: Snoop Doggy Dogg) and 5 members of his 30-man-strong posse were arrested at London Heathrow airport after the aforementioned posse was not permitted in the British Airways first class lounge. The short version is that mayhem ensued and 6 people (including Mr. Dogg) were dragged off and arrested. Not that it [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Snoop Dogg Arrested at HeathrowFormer Sports Illustrated swimsuit model May Andersen was arrested after she attacked a flight attendant on a Martinair flight from Amsterdam to Miami. No word on what set her off, but I imagine she’ll be pretty pissed off when she sees the photo on the page I linked to. In any case, the government is [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Danish Supermodel May Andersen Arrested on PlaneA passenger was kicked off a Japan Airlines flight today because he refused to stop using his cell phone to send emails while the plane was taxiing. Oh, then he grabbed a flight attendant and spat at her. That also might have had something to do with it. The plane returned to the gate and [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Passenger Kicked Off Plane for Cell Phone UsePaula Abdul caused a bit of a security meltdown at Las Vegas’ airport on Thursday. Because of the legions of fans mobbing her at the airport (that’s what the article says…) she was permitted to skip the security line to board her Southwest Airlines (thrifty!) flight back to Burbank. I could make a joke about [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Paula Abdul: Too Important for SecurityIf you find yourself at Singapore’s Changi Airport, do not (repeat, do not) swear at customs officials. A man was arrested at the airport after he swore at customs officers who asked him to place his baggage through an x-ray machine for a routine check. He was fined S$2000.
In other idiot news, a British man [...]
Two men were prosecuted for having sex (if President Clinton is reading this it was actually oral sex, which isn’t sex, as you know) onboard a flight from Asia to Europe (details are sketchy, and I’ve had to link to a translation of the original article, which is in Dutch and doesn’t offer many details). [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Two Prosecuted for Onboard Sex