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Title: Flatulence, not turbulence forces plane landing in Nashville
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The Tennessean
URL Source: http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=40210
Published: Dec 5, 2006
Author: Samuel Shu
Post Date: 2006-12-05 16:49:26 by Jethro Tull
Keywords: None
Views: 260
Comments: 17
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. By Samuel Shu, The Tennessean Last updated: 12/5/2006 3:07:10 PM
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#1. To: Jethro Tull (#0)
Illegal to light a match? How the hell are you supposed to light up a cig? Oh, wait...that was back when we were a free country. Sorry. :-)
Back when, we were on an eight hour flight and I was seated next to a fat German guy that I wish had lit off a few matches to combat his B.O. - Dear God, that flight was brutal - I couldn't even smoke enough cigs to counter his personal power. The jokes about the Euro's and their hygienic habits, or lack thereof, are based in FACT. Apologies to any Euro's who bathe here.
From Wikipedia: (For your enlightenment Loddy) Mechanism of action The noises commonly associated with flatulence are caused by the vibration of the anus. The sound varies depending on the tightness of the sphincter muscle and velocity of the gas being propelled, as well as other factors such as water and body fat. The pitch of the flatulence outburst can also be affected by the anal embouchure. Among humans, sometimes farting happens accidentally, such as incidentally to coughing or sneezing; on other occasions, intentional farting occurs through the tensing and releasing of the anal sphincter. Flatus is brought to the rectum in the same peristalsis method as feces, causing a similar feeling of urgency and discomfort. Nerve endings in the rectum learn to distinguish between flatus and feces, although loose stool can confuse these nerves, and sometimes results in accidental defecation, colloquially known as "sharting", or "following through".
TMI ;)
Hardly. Remember; men are wired for science. We have to understand the 'engineering principles' associated with such phenomena.
"A Mighty Wind" was the worst movie I've ever seen. I lasted 20 mins before walking (actually running). The name is appropriate, given the subject matter...
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TMI
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