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German prosecutors are probing how a man was able to board an empty government jet used by Chancellor Angela Merkel. Wearing only underpants and high on drugs, he danced on a wing, sprayed foam around and pushed cockpit buttons.
In the annals of Germany's security services, the following event won't be recorded as their finest hour.
ANZEIGE
On the night of July 25, a 24-year-old man clutching a bag full of marijuana and ecstasy pills managed with relative ease to get on board an empty government jet used frequently by Chancellor Angela Merkel, while it was parked at a closed military section of the Cologne airport.
The man, a bodybuilder of Turkish descent named as Volkan T., proceeded to stage a raucous, one-man party. Reports said he stripped down to his underpants, sprayed fire extinguisher foam around the elegant cream and beige interior, pushed buttons in the cockpit, released an inflatable emergency slide and danced on the wing of the Airbus 319.
The plane, which is also used by other top state officials including President Joachim Gauck, was delivered three years ago and is one of two medium range A319 jets in the government fleet. It has a private office, a conference room that seats 12 and a main cabin with room for 32.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/man-in-underpants-partied-in-german-government-jet-for-angela-merkel-a-917494.html
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)BainsBane
(53,012 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)bigtree
(85,971 posts). . . really?
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)He's got to be on something to even want to attempt this
Catherina
(35,568 posts)...
While playing with the cockpit buttons, he inadvertently triggered an alarm that was logged by military personnel at 8:40 p.m. But the man wasn't arrested until 12:23 a.m. when a police dog bit him in the leg.
While all this was happening, Merkel was hundreds of kilometers away, watching the opera "The Flying Dutchman" at the opening of the annual Wagner opera festival in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)If he had gotten that jet off the ground for a joyride, he would have been an immortal
AnotherDreamWeaver
(2,849 posts)where the goal is to get your hand down the other guys pants.
What a great National Sport, I watched video for hours...
http://www.buzzfeed.com/catesish/turkish-oil-wrestling-is-a-totally-legit-sport
This post could use pictures, I would love seeing him dancing on the wing.