Hamster Hijacker!
This is a very ominous turn of events. A hamster has forced an airliner to land at Innsbruck, Austria. The rodent took over the flight, but appears to have eluded searchers trying to find him.
INNSBRUCK, Austria - It wasn't "Snakes on a Plane," but an Austrian Airlines jet made an unscheduled stop Friday after a passenger sneaked a hamster aboard and the rodent escaped. The flight from Palma de Mallorca, Spain, to the southern Austrian city of Graz made a stop in Innsbruck so officials could search for the hamster and make sure it didn't gnaw through any wiring, the airline said.
It said the flight was diverted after a passenger notified the crew that he had brought a hamster aboard and had lost track of it. Passengers were ordered off the plane, and some were taken by bus to Graz. It was not immediately clear how many people were aboard.
By midafternoon, a search of the aircraft still had not turned up any sign of the hamster, authorities said.
This is the DB Cooper of hamster hijackers! What we need to know is how much ransom the rodent made off with!
By Beachhutman, Friday, 29 September , 2006 @ 11:42 am
It was just Richard Hammond being transferrd to Bristol Hospital.
By F451, Friday, 29 September , 2006 @ 12:28 pm
Airplane to 20,000 feet.
Crew on supplemental oxygen.
Depressurize.
Wait twenty minutes.
Problem solved.
Ex-hamster can be easily found in a few days.
By Gaius, Friday, 29 September , 2006 @ 12:34 pm
Actually, that’s an excellent idea. If it works, it could be the next big thing in gourmet foods - puffed hamster!