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Farts Away! Plane Makes Unscheduled Stop After Man Won't Stop Guffing

posted by Fnord666 on Friday February 23 2018, @08:06AM   
from the bottom-burps dept.

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.

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• Re:So... (Score: 3, Interesting) by stormreaver on Friday February 23 2018, @04:34PM

  by stormreaver (5101) on Friday February 23 2018, @04:34PM (#642448)

  Farts can be held in, and the gasses will dissolve and be absorbed by the body to no ill effects.

  That's absolute nonsense. The body can absorb some of the gases, but there are limits that are easily reached. Past that limit, discomfort results. Further beyond that limit, extreme pain results. Further beyond that limit, bodily harm results.
  You won't explode, but holding back lots of gas is not even remotely harmless.

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