Curry grounds BA plane
02.07.08
A British Airways flight returned to Belgrade after passengers thought they smelt poison gas shortly after takeoff yesterday. After the emergency landing and evacuation, it was discovered that the plane was really grounded by curry.
The flight from Belgrade to Heathrow made an emergency evacuation after passengers panicked, fearing a terrorist gas attack. Emergency workers wearing breathing apparatus helped screaming passengers off the plane before the source of the fumes was discovered.
But an official investigation into the incident at the Nikola Tesla Airport in the Serbian capital has revealed the fumes had escaped from a giant container of curry spices in the plane's cargo hold.
At first, officials suspected a canister of powerful acidic chemicals had burst open in the hold.
But health officials have blamed the curry for the security scare. A spokesman for the Serbian Ministry for the Protection of Human Environment said: ‘The smell spread from the package of an aromatic food spice.'
The flight was cancelled, with the passengers expected to complete their journey today.
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