Sunday, May 07, 2006

Nail polish stops flight

A woman doing her nails caused a United Airlines flight to be diverted on Saturday.

Authorities said United Flight 787 from Chicago to San Diego landed in Denver after the flight crew detected a funny odor. The FAA said several containers of the hazardous substance acetone were on board but added that none of them leaked.

Later, it was determined that the odor came from a passenger who was doing her nails on the flight. It was not immediately clear whether she was using nail polish or remover, but both contain acetone.

Nail polish is allowed on commercial flights.

2 comments:

yellowdoggranny said...

what a bunch of stupid people..how can they not recoginize the smell?...d'oh

dom said...

THey were sozzled on small bottles of gin at $5 a shot