National Anthems: Home | Africa | Americas | Asia | Australia&Oceania | Europe | Olympic Anthem |
 
Passports: Home [ Africa ] [ Americas, Australia & Oceania] [ Asia] [ Europe] [ Other documents ] 
Travel:[Europe] [ Asia ] [ USA-Canada ] [ Latin-America ] [ Africa ] [ Australia ] [ Carabben ] [ Air ] [Cruises ]
Forum
Live chat

Subject: Re: Planes forced to circle while controller takes a dump Posted on: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:56:43 MST

balanco01@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Apr 12, 5:19 am, you're cleared to flush
> wrote:
>> WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two airliners had to circle for 18 minutes and a
>> plane ferrying human lungs for transplant was briefly delayed Friday
>> while an airport's lone air traffic controller took a bathroom break,
>> the controller's union said.
>>
>
> And why didn't they have a backup controller?! What if this guy got
> sick, fell ill, suddenly died, or whatever?

Eighteeen minutes? Sounds like he needed a proctologist, not a backup
controller.