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How (not) to cope with Airport Security measures

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Thursday, 14th August 2008

The shifting regulations surrounding airport security are becoming increasingly frustrating for international travellers.

Lke many, I have learnt the hard way what you can and cannot get on to today’s flights.

I remember well that soul-destroying moment when my hip-flask of fine malt (reserved for my next overseas "emergency") was poured away before my eyes by one over-zealous Security Guard. It was “for the safety of all the passengers”, of course...

So, I was amused by this recent report of how one Russian woman dealt with the news that she wasn’t allowed to take two bottles of spirits on board her flight home from China:


Quote:

A Russian woman was banned from boarding a plane at Pudong International Airport yesterday because she was drunk after drinking two bottles of Maotai, a famous Chinese spirit.

The unidentified woman drank the wine at a security check point when police officers told her that alcohol was forbidden to take on planes.

As the plane was departing in a few minutes and there was no time for her to consign the articles, she opened the wine and chugged it, Xinmin Evening News reported.

Within a short time, she finished the bottles and although she was unsteady on her feet, she smiled at security officers, the report said.

However, 10 minutes later, the woman returned because the airline refused to let her board the aircraft as she “emitted a strong smell of wine and was not in her right mind”, according to the report.

The woman kept shouting in Russian, "I am not drunk" on her way back.

After she sobered up, she was allowed to take the next flight to her destination, the report said.


With thanks to the Shanghai Daily News.

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