Smoking causes potential air crashes - The scientific proof

[Francko]

Just one more proof that smoking can kill hundreds of people in a plane crash. We must take action now now now.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/4456076.stm

Smoker tried to open plane door

The woman was arrested when the plane landed in Australia
A French woman has admitted attempting to open an aeroplane door mid-flight so that she could smoke a cigarette.
Sandrine Helene Sellies, 34, who has a fear of flying, had drunk alcohol and taken sleeping tablets ahead of the flight from Hong Kong to Brisbane.

She was seen on the Cathay Pacific plane walking towards a door with an unlit cigarette and a lighter.

She then began tampering with the emergency exit until she was stopped by a flight attendant.

Defence lawyer Helen Shilton said her client had no memory of what had happened on the flight on Saturday, and that she had a history of sleepwalking.

She pleaded guilty to endangering the safety of an aircraft at Brisbane Magistrates Court and was given a 12-month A$1,000 (£429) good behaviour bond - she will forfeit the money if she commits another offence.

The French tourist was at the start of a three-week holiday in Australia with her husband.

[Dundeegeorge]

Well, she was French

Bloody europeans, ought to be sent to the middle east, the bloody lot of them!

[DaveB]

Another nomination for the Darwins Awards for the French then

[luke warm]

She pleaded guilty to endangering the safety of an aircraft at Brisbane Magistrates Court and was given a 12-month A$1,000 (£429) good behaviour bond - she will forfeit the money if she commits another offence.

The French tourist was at the start of a three-week holiday in Australia with her husband.

Hope whe gets a 6 month ban from flying too then she can smoke to her lungs delight on the month long ship journey home.

[Phoenix]

I'm sorry but if most companies will let you smoke outside the building
Why is Cathay Pacific so special?

[planetit]

Clever bit of design an aircraft door you know. Completely impossible to open from inside a pressurised cabin.

[luke warm]

Clever bit of design an aircraft door you know. Completely impossible to open from inside a pressurised cabin.

You obviously never watched 24

[Phoenix]

Clever bit of design an aircraft door you know. Completely impossible to open from inside a pressurised cabin.

Aircraft are pressurised?
Someone has removed/disabled the Humour Service on this site

[Joe Black]

Who needs to open the door when you can just step outside...

[mcquiggd]

I wonder if Stelios gave them vouchers as compensation..?


And thats also why I never put my laptop in the overhead storage...