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INCIDENTS 29 OCTOBER: DUBAI
Four Mexicans and a Costa Rican are alleged
25 SEPTEMBER: LOS ANGELES to be responsible for robbing a jeweller at
A minor incident occurred on a Virgin Atlantic flight the airport and then shipping the gold they
from London to Los Angeles when Rhys Ifans, had stolen (valued at approx. US$1.6m) to
star of Notting Hill and The Boat That Rocked, Costa Rica in a suitcase, before driving to
appeared to light a cigarette. In actual fact Ifans Abu Dhabi to board a fight to Hong Kong.
was using a SmokeStik Royale, which looks and Dubai police had identified the perpetrators
glows like a cigarette but is tobacco, tar, smell before the five landed in Hong Kong and the
and smoke-free, whilst still giving the smoker a authorities there deported them to Dubai on
nicotine buzz; they are legal to use anywhere, their arrival.
including on planes
2 NOVEMBER: DARWIN, AUSTRALIA
A security guard was sacked after he was allegedly
caught using the security cameras at Darwin
International Airport to zoom in on women’s breasts,
especially if they were well endowed or wearing
low-cut tops.
15 NOVEMBER: DONG HOI
A flight attendant is alleged to be responsible WE KNOW
for the attempted theft of the equivalent (in
Vietnamese Dongs) of US$ 11,200 from a
passenger’s hand luggage on a Vietnam
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passenger realised the money was missing
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3 OCTOBER: LUCKNOW to be unfounded when, on the aircraft’s next IS TO YOU
An incident, reported in the media as being a flight to Ho Chi Minh City, the money was found
fight between flight attendants and flight deck underneath a seat which the passenger had not
personnel in the cockpit, took place on board an been assigned to.
Air India flight from Sharjah to Delhi via Lucknow.
As a result of allegations of sexual abuse by a 17 NOVEMBER: NAIROBI
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13 OCTOBER: EDINBURGH A young man scaled the perimeter of the airport and
Japan
Construction workers building a tram line uncovered made his way towards the runway where he was
Spain
an expired explosive device near the terminal intercepted by airport security.
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26 OCTOBER: AMARILLO, TEXAS
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