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Nothing To Declare

by | 24th, May 2004

‘GIVEN the level of security at our airports, it’s a wonder that carriers don’t make passengers fly naked.

They yet might if one German traveller is any guide.

When making his way to board plane from Cologne to Munich, the man triggered an alarm. Officials believed his metal-studded belt was to blame and asked him to remove it. He did. And then he took off his trousers…

‘You never know whether something is being hidden inside a belt and the rivets are only there to distract staff,’ he said.

As, perhaps, was the near-naked man…’



Posted: 24th, May 2004 | In: Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink