Wheel Chair Bursts into Flames

[bustr]

So now we will see parapalegic young men from the middle east boarding west bound jets....

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/travel/news/article4810663.ece

From the Times of London.
Wheelchair on Plane Bursts Into Flames
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

 A jet carrying 229 passengers narrowly avoided disaster when a wheelchair stored in the cargo burst into flames shortly after landing at Manchester airport.

Ground staff unloading baggage from the First Choice vacation jet noticed blue sparks coming from the chair, it was revealed Tuesday.

The chair was removed from the Boeing 727-200 jet and placed on a vehicle — where it immediately burst into flames and was destroyed.

The scare happened on September 7, when the First Choice flight FCA 2662 jet landed in the early hours of the morning after a flight from Fuerteventura.

A spokeswoman for Manchester Airport praised the ground handling staff who "spotted the hazard and reacted quickly." The battery on the wheelchair should have been disconnected in the Canary Islands, she added.

The scare prompted the British Civil Aviation Authority to issue a warning to passengers about the dangers of "seemingly innocuous items," said a spokesman.

Geoff Leach, manager of the Dangerous Goods Office at the CAA, said: “Thankfully no-one was injured as a result of the Manchester incident.

[Bodhi]

Definitely innovative.

[trax1]

I'm in a wheelchair myself and I've always thought that if a terrorist wanted to blow up a plane now-a-days they could use a wheelchair, see when I go through the security check point they just basically pat me down and run a hand held metal detector around me, which is kinda silly since the chair sets the thing off on anything other then my legs & arms, so the seat that I sit on is detectable and could easily be filled with an explosive device and be put right onto the plane with no one ever knowing.   

[eskimo2]

I'm in a wheelchair myself and I've always thought that if a terrorist wanted to blow up a plane now-a-days they could use a wheelchair, see when I go through the security check point they just basically pat me down and run a hand held metal detector around me, which is kinda silly since the chair sets the thing off on anything other then my legs & arms, so the seat that I sit on is detectable and could easily be filled with an explosive device and be put right onto the plane with no one ever knowing.   

I wonder if you could point this out to homeland security without making their "watch out for this guy" list.

[AWMac]

I wonder if you could point this out to homeland security without making their "watch out for this guy" list.

Go for it.... c'mon...bak, bak, bak...Chicken.

BTW tell me what happens and if it's all kewl I'll report it also.

Mac

[Tac]

meh, they'll probably tazer you to death after noticing the first taze didnt get you up.



of course this is a bad taste joke but you got to admit it's not far fetched it happening for real 

[JB88]

I'm in a wheelchair myself and I've always thought that if a terrorist wanted to blow up a plane now-a-days they could use a wheelchair, see when I go through the security check point they just basically pat me down and run a hand held metal detector around me, which is kinda silly since the chair sets the thing off on anything other then my legs & arms, so the seat that I sit on is detectable and could easily be filled with an explosive device and be put right onto the plane with no one ever knowing.   

a good friend of mine is in a wheelchair.  she says the same thing. 

cept she was talking about smuggling.

[trax1]

a good friend of mine is in a wheelchair.  she says the same thing. 

cept she was talking about smuggling.

Yeah I've thought that same thing as well.

[SD67]

You'd wanna know a good TIG welder though, the dogs will pick up pretty quickly if it's just stashed somewhere.