10 Things We Learned In Travel This Week
(March 19, 2004)
1. Virgin Potty Talk
Virgin Atlantic's new urinal shaped like a woman’s mouth is now wide open and ready for business at New York's JFK airport.
2. Mutiny On A Jet Plane...
Seventy British passengers staged a mutiny after the pilot on their flight changed course.
3. Potential Bumpy Flight
Passengers onboard flight exposed to measles.
4. Dominican Republic Man Becomes Tourist Attraction
A man has become a tourist attraction in the Dominican Republic after admitting himself to hospital with a viagara-like condition that had lasted six days.
5. Airline Gets Alzheimer's
Forgets to escort elderly passenger.
6. Honest Cabbie Gets A Vacation
An Argentinian taxi driver has been awarded a free holiday after returning over $3,000 of antique jewellery left in the back of his cab.
7. Viva Las Virus?
A virus outbreak linked to a Las Vegas casino hotel has sickened more than 1,000 people.
8. Twisted Pilot Suspended
A Northwest Airlines pilot has been suspended for trying to land at the Sioux Falls airport despite warnings of high winds and funnel clouds.
9. El Al Plants Gun On Passenger
An air passenger was stunned to find a handgun in his luggage after a flight with Israel's national carrier El Al.
10. Lederhosen Boycott Threatens Oktoberfest party
Angered by the axing of subsidies, the German state's traditional clothing associations have launched a wave of protests.
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