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Airline passenger swears, throws water, makes threats and hits an elderly man with a fork {Gadling}
Jan 31st 2009 8:25PM Wow, that is so strange that I just read that.
I was on an overnight haul from Vancouver to London three years ago and one of the passengers (also on his way to India, I believe) totally lost it on the plane though I believe he was inebriated. He started abusing passengers, yelling at air stewards, until the pilot came back and told him if he didn't quiet down while we were over Canadian air space he'd land and have him taken into custody.
Once we were out over water though, he started acting up again and was furious when his duty free would not be delivered to his seat they'd cut him off drinking). We circled Heathrow for a little while and were paced by vans when we landed. Two of the largest bobbies I've ever seen got on the plane and carried him off to applause (he'd really scared people). The weird thing was though, he'd passed out somewhere during the night and when he woek up he seemed like a quiet well adjusted passenger.
Not sure if it was the alcohol or what, but it's scarily reminiscent of this story.
Wonder if it as the same guy ?... =]
Machu Picchu Helicopter {Gadling}
Jul 13th 2006 6:36PM I hiked the trail back in 1995 and actually had to have a friend airlifted out (due to what we thought may be cholera), so it's been possible to get to Aguas Caliente (the town beneath) Macchu Piccu by helicopter for some time.
And I don't get what everyone is complaining about. Even back then people were taking the train to Aguas Caliente and then coming up the mountain in mini-buses to see my sorry, mud caked, dirty and hiked over hill and dale butt.
Those people lose out on the experience by making it just another packaged piece of flotsam on their checklist.
I peronsally wouldn't trade the hike over the mountains for anything. Whiel kidna silly to say, it did change my entire outlook on travelling. I'm sure the same can't be said of the packaged tourists. And, as I recall, there is a huge luxury hotel just outside the ruins anyway so it's not like the place was untouched to being with.
