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Mike Scott 14th June 2009 02:21 AM

Curry Powder Causes Fire Alert On Air India Plane
 
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AN Air India passenger jet heading to Frankfurt was forced to return to Mumbai after a bag of curry powder set off smoke and fire alarms, according to reports.

Pilots on the Boeing 747-400 plane activated fire extinguishers after receiving a cockpit warning about a fire in the cargo hold early Friday morning, the Mumbai Mirror newspaper said.

But on the plane's return to India's financial and entertainment capital, engineers said the alert had been triggered by the escape of particles from a bag containing up to 3kg of curry powder.

The bag, belonging to a passenger from the western Indian state of Gujarat, was removed before the plane took off again after a 12-hour delay.

"On taking off for the second time, the pilot apologised for the delay and announced that a bag containing curry powder had caused the problem," Air India spokesman Jitendra Bhargava was quoted as saying.

Mangoes and meat products that generate heat have been suspected of causing similar incidents on Air India flights in the past, the newspaper said.

I can see the tv comedians having a field day with this one !!!:D
Lots of opportunity for "caption this"

MS

Gerard M 14th June 2009 02:27 AM

Haha. Honestly, out of all things to set of a fire alarm, curry powder. Who'd of thought. Thanks for sharing Mike, i needed a chuckle at 2 in the morning!

Raymond Rowe 14th June 2009 09:01 AM

Must have been some hot stuff going on in the cargo hold.

Steve V 14th June 2009 12:44 PM

3kg of curry powder. Not surprising the 747 got a bad case of Delhi Belly really ;-) .


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