Homeland Security:

[fresin]

<p>Flatulence forces plane to land</p>

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An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Monday morning after a passenger lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence, authorities said.</p>

<p>The Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville after several passengers reported smelling burning sulfur from the matches, said Lynne Lowrance, spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority. All 99 passengers and five crew members were taken off and screened while the plane was searched and luggage was screened.</p>

<p>The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal a “body odor,” Lowrance said. She had an unspecified medical condition, authorities said.</p>

<p>“It’s humorous in a way but you feel sorry for the individual, as well,” she said. “It’s unusual that someone would go to those measures to cover it up.”</p>

<p>The flight took off again, but the woman was not allowed back on the plane. The woman, who was not identified, was not charged in the incident.

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<p><a href=“http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061206/ap_on_re_us/plane_passing_gas[/url]”>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061206/ap_on_re_us/plane_passing_gas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[Tookie]

<p>My brother sent me the link and said, “Do you think this could be our mother?” She’s been gone for 16 years but was always striking matches in the bathroom. How embarrassing for this lady - she probably didn’t know any better.</p>

[itstoomuch]

<p>I thought matches were not allowed on planes-courtesy of richard reid</p>

[fresin]

<p>For as long as flatulence is allowed on planes, match-sticks will be a clear and present danger to passengers. </p>

<p>We should all do our part.</p>

[Tookie]

<p>I thought it was lighters that were banned but that you could take matches.</p>

<p>I’m so old I can still remember when people could smoke on flights. There are so many rules now, who can keep it all straight?</p>

[BHappyMom]

<p>…and now we can’t even bring on bottles of Febreze…:(</p>

[Allmusic]

<p>I remember smoking on flights too. You’d arrive somewhere coughing from second hand smoke and smelling like a chimney. </p>

<p>I don’t miss that at all! :)</p>

[JustaMom]

<p>The best was smoking VS non-smoking sections on planes.</p>

<p>Laugh me all the way to China!!!</p>

[binx]

<p>Flatulence is flammable! Be careful in the bathroom, folks. (I remember folks testing this in the dorms once our chemistry teacher taught us this.)</p>

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Nitrogen is the primary gas released. Methane and hydrogen, lesser components, are flammable, and so flatus is susceptible to catching fire.

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<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatulence[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatulence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;