Junk food craving may cost pilot $100,000

[zhishengji751]

Junk food craving may cost pilot $100,000 - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-11/junk-food-craving-may-cost-pilot-241002c000/2834796)

A junk food craving may end up costing a helicopter pilot $100,000, after he made an unauthorised landing on the island nation of Nauru to pick up some soft drink and chocolate.

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"So apparently he gave the story to the police that he'd been 75 days at sea and he was going sea crazy, so he said 'look, we're only a short hop from this island, let's go and see what we can get in the way of a few snacks'," he said.

"So he and his passenger hopped aboard this little two-seater and away they went."

Unfortunately for the pilot, a 24-year-old Australian man, police were unmoved by their plight and impounded the helicopter.

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Interestingly the image accompanying the article is "aerial-photo-of-the-bankrupt-island-state-of-nauru"

[Rotorwashed]

geez, sounds a little harsh. They should just be happy with the business! Although, what else do the police on an 8 square mile island in the middle of the pacific have to do I suppose.

[RVDT]

Headline should have read -

After eating fish-heads (with eyeballs) and rice for 75 days..............

[TorqueOfTheDevil]

what else do the police on an 8 square mile island in the middle of the pacific have to do I suppose.

...apart from look after the convicts which Australia dumps there, in a lucrative scheme which perhaps we should buy into!