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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
An elderly man's flatulence forced his flight to make an emergency stop after a fight broke out over his barrage of bottom burps.
Passengers flying with budget Dutch airline Transavia from Dubai to Amsterdam were reportedly put out by the man's continued farting, and asked him to stop.
But the man failed to hold it in, and when even a direct order from the pilot didn't take the wind out of his sails, two particularly incensed passengers took matters into their own hands.
Local media reported that two Dutchmen sat next to the trumper started a fight with the man, which escalated to the point where the pilot was forced to make an unscheduled stop.
On landing in Vienna, armed police boarded the plane to remove the men who caused the ruckus, along with two sisters who were seated next to them.
Also covered at The Straits Times.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 23 2018, @12:06PM (1 child)
What a neat way to keep people from sitting up real close on those cramped airline seats. The most effective thing I had seen before was a small screaming infant. Worked wonders. No-one would sit there until the plane was completely full.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by The Archon V2.0 on Friday February 23 2018, @03:12PM
> The most effective thing I had seen before was a small screaming infant.
So what you're saying is we need to feed the baby beans and then improvise some sort of crowd control weapon out of it.