Flightulence: Passenger passing gas prompts fight, emergency landing

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Flightulence: Passenger passing gas prompts emergency landing
A plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a fight broke out because a man allegedly wouldn't stop passing gas.

A plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a fight broke out because a man allegedly wouldn't stop passing gas.

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Two passengers on the Transavia flight from Dubai to the Netherlands allegedly asked the man to stop, but he refused and continued to pass gas. That's when a fight broke out and the plane was diverted to Vienna.

Four people were removed from the flight.

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Two of those people are suing, claiming they were not involved.

All four have been banned from the airline.

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