INCIDENTS
4 JUNE: DUBAI It was reported that two Syrian air hostesses caused the delay of a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight after having begun a fist fight with each other following a discussion regarding the political situation in their homeland.
10 JUNE: HOBART, TASMANIA A mysterious white powder was discovered on a baggage trailer at Hobart Airport, prompting an emergency response from the Australian Federal Police, Tasmania Police and Tasmanian Fire Service. The units were not initially able to identify the substance.
23 JUNE: JOHANNESBURG A bomb scare led to the evacuation of all passengers and staff at the Lanseria Airport.
25 JUNE: ORLANDO It was reported that the ashes of a passenger’s grandfather spilled on the floor at the airport when being searched by a TSA screener. The passenger, John Gross, had warned the screener and claims she searched the ashes with her finger before spilling some.
29 JUNE: RAWALPINDI A 30-year-old man, later named as Asad, caused a security alert when he managed to reach the restricted apron of Benazir Bhutto airport where a Punjab government aircraft was parked. He had allegedly posed as member of the Balochistan Assembly and was waived through security checks.
29 JUNE: MILWAUKEE A 60-year-old security employee at Mitchell International Airport died on duty after suffering a possible heart attack at a staff entrance gate.
18 JUNE: BEIRUT
The families of 11 Lebanese pilgrims, kidnapped in Syria on 22 May, blocked the highway leading to Beirut Airport to protest the Lebanese government's failure to secure their release. The three-hour demonstration resulted in passengers having to walk the last kilometre to the airport in order to make their flights.
19 JUNE: NEW YORK
Nadya Suleman (aka Octomom) claimed that she was harassed by flight attendants on her Virgin America flight from Los Angeles to New York. Famous for having given birth to eight babies in 2009 (taking her total tally to 14 children) and, more recently, for having been involved in the porn industry, Suleman and her manager, Gina Rodriguez, felt the crew were making inappropriate comments and that they were being denied drinks.
4 JULY: SYDNEY Two inert improvised explosive device (IED) training aids were accidentally left in the back of a vehicle returned to a rental car company. When cleaners found the items, sections of the airport were evacuated.
9 JULY: SAN FRANCISCO In what is probably the most unusual incident cited in Air Watch, Jonah Falcon, 41, was subjected to a pat down search by screeners at San Francisco International Airport. The man is reported to have the world’s largest penis (9 inches flaccid, 13.5 inches erect) and he had it strapped to his leg as he went through the checkpoint, prompting concern that was eventually resolved to everyone’s satisfaction.
9 JULY: REYKJAVIK Two asylum seekers managed to access an Icelandair plane bound for Copenhagen at Keflavík International Airport whilst wearing stolen uniforms to impersonate airport- based employees. They scaled a fence to gain airside access before boarding the aircraft. They were found locked inside one of the toilets of the aircraft, resulting in its delayed departure. According to a subsequent statement from the Suðurnes Police the two men may be found guilty of violating the general penal code and the laws on aviation.
11 JULY: THAILAND/CAMBODIA BORDER Cambodian troops stationed along the Thai border allegedly opened fire on a Bangkok Airways passenger flight which had strayed off course due to bad weather. The aircraft was en route from Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport to Siem Reap. The soldiers are thought to have fired 18 machine gun shots at the circling aircraft which they believed to be a spy plane. No damage was caused due to the altitude of the plane.
15 JULY: ISLIP, NEW YORK A Jetblue Embraer, en route from Syracuse to JFK, was on approach to New York and descending through about 7000 feet, when one of the pilots received eye injuries as result of a green laser beam hitting the aircraft.
24 JULY: MANCHESTER An 11-year-old boy, Liam Corcoran- Fort, managed to board a Jet2 flight from Manchester to Rome without any documentation. He walked away from his mother during a shopping trip, took a bus to the airport and then followed families going through the security checkpoints. He was screened but, seemingly, everybody assumed he belonged to one of the many families departing on their summer holidays. In-flight the crew realised something was amiss and handed him over to the Italian authorities. His mother thought he had been abducted.
30 JULY: TORONTO
An Air Canada passenger found a sewing needle in a pre-prepared sandwich on board a flight from Victoria to Toronto.
1 AUGUST: JULIACA, PERU Protesting teachers caused flights from Inca Manco Cápac International Airport to be cancelled after they took to the airport’s runway and allegedly vandalised the terminal building and a perimeter gate.
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