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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 04:54 PM Aug 2013

Best headline ever? Man in his underpants danced on the wing of Angela Merkel’s jet

The man, a bodybuilder of Turkish descent named as Volkan T, 24, danced on a wing of the German chancellor’s aircraft, sprayed fire extinguisher foam around its luxury cabin and randomly pushed cockpit buttons, deploying an emergency evacuation slide.

According to a leaked police report, the man easily boarded the Airbus 319 on 25 July, clutching a bag full of marijuana and ecstasy pills, while it was parked at a closed military section of Cologne airport.

The authorities were only alerted to the security breach, when he inadvertently triggered an alarm while playing with the cockpit buttons.

Adding to the embarrassment, it then took police, dogs, private security guards and soldiers three hours to get the intruder off the plane, including attempts to persuade him to give up shouted over a megaphone.

The Federal state aircraft was loaded with up to eight tons of fuel, enough to take it to Beijing and it was ready to fly if the intruder had known how.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/10257947/Man-in-his-underpants-danced-on-the-wing-of-Angela-Merkels-jet.html

Never a dull moment....

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Best headline ever? Man in his underpants danced on the wing of Angela Merkel’s jet (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Aug 2013 OP
Pics or it didn't happen Aerows Aug 2013 #1
Can't find pics yet. nt Are_grits_groceries Aug 2013 #3
She seems to attract the strangest men. Remember this one? leveymg Aug 2013 #2
LOl I was just going to ask, what it was about this woman that the Autumn Aug 2013 #4
Did Rachel Dratch ever play Merkel on "SNL"? Ken Burch Aug 2013 #6
*President Michael Scott MisterP Aug 2013 #12
Doesn't that happen on ALL commercial flights in Germany these days? Ken Burch Aug 2013 #5
The headline reminds me of a famous Twilight Zone episode! eom Tanuki Aug 2013 #7
You beat me to it... GMTA. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2013 #9
"There's some THING on the wing!" longship Aug 2013 #11
It's a shame The Daily Show is on hiatus. Stewart would love this story. n/t winter is coming Aug 2013 #8
I love it, but... AmyStrange Aug 2013 #10
As completely fucked up as this story is... Cooley Hurd Aug 2013 #13
"...ready to fly if the intruder had known how." That's insulting - this dude petronius Aug 2013 #14
Good thing he couldn't find the Kick Starter. bvar22 Aug 2013 #15
When a harmless idiot commits a security breach, I always think they have done us a favor, Nye Bevan Aug 2013 #16
When I read the OP's title dflprincess Aug 2013 #17

longship

(40,416 posts)
11. "There's some THING on the wing!"
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 05:26 PM
Aug 2013

Gotta love William Shatner.



He starred in two other Twilight Zones that I can remember. One with the devil-headed penny fortune teller. The other as an astronaut recently returned from Venus. (On second thought, the latter may have been an "Outer Limits" episode -- no matter, Shatner is Shatner.)

Here's a clip from the other Twilight Zone with Shatner, "Nick of Time":


I guess the third was Outer Limits, "Cold Hands, Warm Heart from 1964:
 

AmyStrange

(7,989 posts)
10. I love it, but...
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 05:25 PM
Aug 2013

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don't ALMOST all men wear underpants ALMOST all the time when they're out in public? I'm wearing underwear right now too.

This should read:
Man (dressed only) in his underwear dances...

I know, I'm eating cheese (right now) with my whine,

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Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
13. As completely fucked up as this story is...
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 06:11 PM
Aug 2013

The Chancellor of Germany's jet sat on the tarmac unguarded????

petronius

(26,602 posts)
14. "...ready to fly if the intruder had known how." That's insulting - this dude
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 06:25 PM
Aug 2013
clearly knows how to fly, and a lot higher than that jet could have taken him...

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
16. When a harmless idiot commits a security breach, I always think they have done us a favor,
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 09:43 PM
Aug 2013

by exposing the vulnerability without causing real harm. Now the security can be tightened to avoid a real terrorist being able to board Merkel's plane and doing things a lot worse than dancing on the wing in his underpants.

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