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TSA Finds Live Turtle In Traveler's Pants At New Jersey Airport
Air India Asks Passengers To Stop Flushing Clothes Down Plane Toilets
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By Ben Hooper
March 13 (UPI) -- The Transportation Security Administration said an offi- cer at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey found a live turtle concealed in the crotch of a traveler's pants.
The TSA said the East Stroudsburg, Pa., man was going through the security checkpoint's body scanner when it detected something concealed in his groin area.
An officer confronted the man, who "reached down the front of his pants and pulled out a live turtle that was wrapped in a small blue towel," the TSA said.
The approximately 5-inch- long turtle was identified by the man as a red-ear slider turtle.
Port Authority Police took possession of the turtle and
contacted local animal con- trol and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The man was not allowed to board his flight and was escorted away by Port Authority police.
"We have seen travelers try to conceal knives and other weapons on their person, in their shoes and in their lug- gage, however I believe this is the first time we have come across someone who was concealing a live ani- mal down the front of his pants," Thomas Carter, the TSA's federal security director for New Jersey, said in the news release. "As best as we could tell, the turtle was not harmed by the man's actions."
The TSA did not reveal where the man had intend- ed to fly and it was unclear why he had stashed the turtle in his pants.
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By Ben Hooper
March 11 (UPI) -- Air India is urging travelers to "use lavatories only for purposes they are meant for" after a flight to Delhi returned to Chicago due to eight of its 12 toilets becoming clogged.
Air India AI126 was about five hours into its flight from Chicago to Delhi last Wednesday when the deci- sion was made to return to Chicago as a result of the eight clogged toilets.
Once the plane landed, workers discovered the clogs had been caused by flushed items including plastic bags, rags and cloth- ing items.
An Air India spokesperson said in a statement provid- ed to The Times of
India that the airline wishes to "urge passengers to use lavatories only for purposes they are meant for."
The spokesperson said the Chicago flight was only the latest in a series of toilet- clogging incidents on the carrier's Boeing 777s. They said employees previously addressed toilet clogs caused by "blankets, inner- wear and diapers, among other waste."
The passengers on the Chicago-Delhi flight were provided with hotel accom- modations and alternative flight options.
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