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Not such a good use of chemicals
« on: May 18, 2006, 08:37:19 PM »
'Rotten egg' odour fills plane

Victorian and federal police are investigating an incident on a Virgin Blue plane at Melbourne Airport in which strong gas was released in the main cabin.

The flight from Hobart was descending at 8:00pm AEST last night when an offensive smell filled the cabin.

Passengers left the plane without incident.

Detectives say a broken glass vial containing a clear liquid was found inside the plane and was giving off a "rotten egg" smell.

A police spokeswoman says charges are expected to be laid.

Virgin Blue spokeswoman Amanda Bolger says playing pranks onboard planes is unacceptable.

"It was identified as a stink capsule and it was nothing but a silly prank and we've all got a great sense of humour at Virgin Blue but obviously anything that upsets our guests really does get up our nose," she said.

reference: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200605/s1642162.htm
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Re: Not such a good use of chemicals
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2006, 08:53:49 AM »
i hate idiots.  >:(
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Re: Not such a good use of chemicals
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2006, 10:55:22 AM »
do these people realize it isa confined space and people have places to go?? they make me wanna  :-X
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Re: Not such a good use of chemicals
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2006, 03:49:44 PM »
Stink bomb + plane = retard and a lot of pissed off people.
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Re: Not such a good use of chemicals
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2006, 05:31:28 PM »
Ya know, I never thought to do that.  But with everyone being paranoid today about terrorists they would probably ground a plane when some "unknown chemicals" were exposed.  People freak out nowadays about the "bad chemicals".  Everywhere I go they read food labels and assume anything with a name that they don't know they automatically freak thinking it's poison.
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Re: Not such a good use of chemicals
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2006, 08:19:32 PM »
Yeah, I reckon in this day and age they were lucky the other passengers didn't pound on them a little :P
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Re: Not such a good use of chemicals
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2006, 09:25:14 PM »
dude, not to sound harsh, but i totally would have pounded the guy that let that off. i mean that would have totally ruined the entire flight >:(
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Re: Not such a good use of chemicals
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2006, 08:42:44 AM »
I agree Tennis.  I would not find it funny if my flight was grounded/rescheduled for later, especially if I had to catch another flight afterwards.  But the stupidity of people is something to laugh at.
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Re: Not such a good use of chemicals
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2006, 12:39:01 PM »
Was it a prank or a warning? These are difficult times.


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Re: Not such a good use of chemicals
« Reply #9 on: May 20, 2006, 01:33:45 PM »
Was it a prank or a warning? These are difficult times.



i'm pretty sure it was a prank, people scream and cry to warn people cuz no one can stay calm on an airplane anymore
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Re: Not such a good use of chemicals
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2006, 02:06:46 PM »
i agree if it were a warning then things would have been much more chaotic, so most likely this was a prank by some moron
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