Friday 22 October 2010

Escaped crocodile causes aeroplane crash

From The Metro:

... a passenger had smuggled the crocodile on to the plane – which was travelling from the capital, Kinshasa, to Bandundu on August 25 – in a sports bag. When the reptile escaped during the flight, it caused panic among the passengers and in the confusion they followed the flight attendants towards the cockpit, throwing the plane off-balance and causing it to crash into a house.

Sounds a bit unlikely, but appears to be true. Even more implausibly:

Travellers could increasingly be affected by flooding to parts of the ageing network, the bulk of the which was built before anyone had considered global warming. Lines cutting through the countryside with high banks either side of the track are particularly vulnerable to landslips, a report has warned, as are low-lying areas from flooding.

Makes a change from 'leaves on the line' or 'the wrong kind of snow', I suppose.

5 comments:

Lola said...

It nearly worked too. The croc survived the crash! But was 'dispatched by a machete' according to the Telegraph.

Bayard said...

"Travellers could increasingly be affected by flooding to parts of the ageing network, the bulk of the which was built before anyone had considered global warming."

They didn't need to, they just put in decent drainage, which, no doubt, has not been maintained by Notwork Rail.

James Higham said...

Were the passengers up in the luggage racks when it crashed?

Mark Wadsworth said...

L, isn't that always the way?

B, now why didn't they think of that?

JH, the passengers all charged to the front of the plane, which is why it crashed.

Chuckles said...

The inevitable result of 'Dogs must be carried on Escalators?'

'Crocodiles must be carried in Hand Luggage'