Strange, But True Airport News

Now boarding, Con Air Flight...oh, I can't tell you.  CIA business.  A European Parliament report says that Ireland's Shannon Airport is the third-most used facility in Europe by the Central Intelligence Agency to transport kidnapped prisoners, according to limerickpost.ie.  The report wants the CIA to be banned from stopping in Ireland and accused the country of failing to investigate the flights.

Repeat after me -- guns and airports don't mix.  You would think that this guy would know better.  Nusli Wadia, the head of Bombay Dyeing, was questioned at Dubai International Airport after a revolver and ammunition were found in his luggage, according to NDTV.com.  He had been on an Air India flight from Mumbai.  He was questioned by the local police for 45 minutes, then released.  But the finger pointing about security in Mumbai began between Air India and the country's Central Industrial Security Force.

Repeat after me again -- don't drink and drive a tug cart.  Police arrested an allegedly intoxicated 28-year-old man after he broke into a secure area near McCarran International Airport and stole a tug car, according to the Washington Post.  Joshua Scheuerman damaged the wing of a Gulfstream IV jet and ran into a fence before rolling into a ditch.  He was charged with grand larceny, malicious destruction of private property, hit and run property damage and trespassing.  What? No disturbing the peace?

I missed this one on Dateline: NBC.  A part-time professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, was arrested in a bathroom at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on indecent exposure charges, according to WRAL.com.  What makes this story strange is that apparently Hartsfield has worldwide reputation as a place for men to pick up other men.   Dr. Hugh Tilson, 67, was caught as part of a month-long undercover police operation.

Snoop Dogg pleads not guilty.  Rapper Snoop Dogg says that a collapsible police baton found in his carry-on at John Wayne Airport last September was a prop for one of his videos, according to FOXNews.com.  He is free on $150,000 bail, but faces up to three years in prison if convicted.

You don't want to drop the salt at this dinner.  A shout out to the new Endless Capacity for Useless Information blog for telling me about Dinner in the Sky.  The Belgian company will serve a gourmet dinner at a table suspended 50 meters in the air.  The table seats 22 people, and holds a chef, a waiter and an entertainer in the middle of the table.

Do you really want to watch these movies -- on a plane?  My pal Richard pointed out that Qantas has some interesting movie choices on its flights this month.  Now available for your entertainment are "Snakes on a Plane" and "World Trade Center."  OK, so these are two of many movies available on demand.  Now I admit that I was right there when "Snakes" premiered -- but I was in a movie theater.  And WTC speaks for itself.  I'm just not sure these are films I'd want to be watching while sitting on a plane.  But that's just me.