{"id":2070,"date":"2009-10-16T05:00:16","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T09:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/?p=2070"},"modified":"2009-10-16T19:54:04","modified_gmt":"2009-10-16T23:54:04","slug":"beer-theft-on-canadian-plane-disrupts-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2009\/10\/16\/beer-theft-on-canadian-plane-disrupts-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer theft on Canadian plane disrupts flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>I think the following story could only happen in Canada (ok maybe Germany as well).  Naturally it involves beer &#8211; our favorite beverage!<\/p>\n<div style=\u00e2\u20ac\u009ddisplay:block;float:left;padding:5px;\u00e2\u20ac\u009d><!--adsense#largesquare--><\/div>\n<p>Usually when a plane makes an unscheduled stop it&#8217;s because there&#8217;s a fire onboard, it has engine trouble or there&#8217;s some kind of medical emergency &#8230; but not in Canada! Nope! A beer theft on board an Air Canada Jazz flight on Tuesday caused the plane to divert. <\/p>\n<p>Even the Mounties got involved!<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Steve Holmes, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable told AFP that a passenger had stolen beer from a beverage cart and then tried to flush the empty cans down the jet&#8217;s toilet in order to dispose of the evidence.  (Yeah like him wobbling around the craft drunk wouldn&#8217;t be noticed!)<\/p>\n<p>The flight from Vancouver to Fort McMurray, Alberta was diverted to Kelowna, British Columbia, and police arrested the 23-year-old suds thief.<\/p>\n<p>The man now faces charges of causing a disturbance on an aircraft, Holmes said.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>Well folks, now you know what will happen if you steal booze on a Canadian flight!<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<br\/>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_underpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8431788844\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br\/>\r\n\r\n<?php if ( is_search() || is_single() || is_page() || is_paged() || is_category() || is_archive() ) { ?>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n  ( function() {\r\n    if (window.CHITIKA === undefined) { window.CHITIKA = { 'units' : [] }; };\r\n    var unit = {\"calltype\":\"async[2]\",\"publisher\":\"dragonden\",\"width\":550,\"height\":250,\"sid\":\"oddplanet\",\"color_site_link\":\"cf4343\",\"color_text\":\"333333\"};\r\n    var placement_id = window.CHITIKA.units.length;\r\n    window.CHITIKA.units.push(unit);\r\n    document.write('<div id=\"chitikaAdBlock-' + placement_id + '\"><\/div>');\r\n}());\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/cdn.chitika.net\/getads.js\" async><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<?php } ?>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<br\/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think the following story could only happen in Canada (ok maybe Germany as well). Naturally it involves beer &#8211; our favorite beverage! Usually when a plane makes an unscheduled stop it&#8217;s because there&#8217;s a fire onboard, it has engine trouble or there&#8217;s some kind of medical emergency &#8230; but not in Canada! Nope! 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