Bathroom Fire, El Al
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Bathroom Fire, El Al
https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-720886
While I remember the days when we could all smoke during a flight, most airlines I am familiar with have been pretty serious about no smoking for decades.
What was this person thinking?
An Israeli passenger caused a fire in the toilet cabin during an El Al flight to Bangkok on Friday, according to Ynet.
The incident took place on a flight that took off last night from Tel Aviv, after a passenger who probably wanted to smoke without being detected threw a cigarette butt into the trash can in the toilet compartment - but the cigarette ignited the toilet paper inside, which caused both the trash can and the toilet to catch fire.
"A passenger on a flight to Bangkok was caught smoking in the plane's bathroom, and there was a fear of a fire breaking out in the cabin. The air crew and the captains took care of the incident immediately and with caution by using the dedicated fire extinguishers," El Al said in a statement.
The incident took place on a flight that took off last night from Tel Aviv, after a passenger who probably wanted to smoke without being detected threw a cigarette butt into the trash can in the toilet compartment - but the cigarette ignited the toilet paper inside, which caused both the trash can and the toilet to catch fire.
"A passenger on a flight to Bangkok was caught smoking in the plane's bathroom, and there was a fear of a fire breaking out in the cabin. The air crew and the captains took care of the incident immediately and with caution by using the dedicated fire extinguishers," El Al said in a statement.
What was this person thinking?
https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-720886
While I remember the days when we could all smoke during a flight, most airlines I am familiar with have been pretty serious about no smoking for decades.
What was this person thinking?
While I remember the days when we could all smoke during a flight, most airlines I am familiar with have been pretty serious about no smoking for decades.
What was this person thinking?
The more important question is how the smoke detector failed to detect the cigarette smoke. Is it time for thermal imagers to alarm on temperatures above 100F?
Being very pedantic, I thought a bathroom had to have a bath in it. I wonder why so many of us like euphemisms? Even the word toilette is a euphemism!
