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.

Conceal body odor
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.

Woman not allowed back on the plane
The flight took off again, but the woman was not allowed back on the plane. "America 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.

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oh man... poor woman ... should let them taste the smell than get banned

Millions of dollars spent for anti-terrorism and homeland security ... and then you hear this story! This is the legacy of George W Bush!

Why allow matches at all on the plane if they're worried about people using them.

Ahhh.... a security hole!

You know..

Fart + fire = mini flamethrower

oh man, what is the world coming too...

How bad was that fart that she needed to disguise it with matches???

They need to rephrase that or something...

I was thinking the samething!

That poor woman. x3



Oh yeah they do.

I guess that extra-large, half-mocha, half-decaf, latte with a double shot and extra foam with cinnamon wasn't such a good idea in retrospect, was it?

Those airport burritos can be a killer too.

She must have floated one heck of an air biscuit to have to light a match.

Hmmmm...lemme see....*holds his hands up like a scale*....Piss-off Homeland Security...Piss-off everyone in section B.........Section B would just have to understand, IMO.

LMAO

A totally embarrasing moment for her.

LMAO!

LOL. "Ladies and gentlemen we have found the weapon of mass destruction."

Banned for trying to cover up the smell of a fart, now that has to be a first!

I can't stop laughing!

plane could of blown up.

Neither can I

Well that sure did backfire on her...

It must really stink to get embarassed and banned from a plane like that....

This whole situation probably really burns her up...

Ok, for the sake of humanity I'll stop, but just try to imagine that being you... The plane has just made an emergency landing and they have security all over the place bugging out and you have to meagerly raise your hand and tell them that it was you because you farted and didn't want people to smell it and look at you funny...

poor woman.

Why do they allow matches on the plane when you cannot smoke on the plane. If you carry cigarettes with you then they should be put into a baggage of some sort like overhead. What did the person next to her say. Perhaps that person was sleeping??? I think not. They should have beaten her up for that and throw her out the plane while in the air. Boy, some people are really dumb completely dumb.

Ew..lol!

Oh here we go...

wonder if the Sniffer Dogs survived..

NO poor passengers,lol

an wtf are they thinking leting matches on? that toothpaste is soooooo scary,but matches are safe,lol



I say it's George W Bushs fault too.I dont have a good reason,just dont likeGeorge W Bush.lol