TRAVEL TALES

EXPLOSIVE REVELATION

Berlin Schönefeld Airport had a saucy scare last month when security staff conducting x-rays of passengers’ luggage mistakenly identified a number of sex toys for a bomb, leading to the partial closure of the airport’s Terminal D.

SNAKES ON A PLANE

In July, a woman at Miami International Airport was intercepted trying to smuggle a python through the security checkpoint by wrapping it in a nylon stocking and placing the animal in a computer hard drive.

TURTLE TROUBLE

Two flight attendants for China Eastern Airlines were fined and ordered to leave the US recently after they were caught trying to smuggle dozens of turtles in their carry-on luggage from Los Angeles to China.

FREE SEATING

An American woman was dragged from a Korean Air flight bound for San Francisco last month after refusing to leave the business class seat she’d decided to upgrade herself to and return to her assigned seat in the economy cabin.

RAP BATTLE

Two French rappers and their entourages caused Paris Orly Airport’s terminal to close for almost 30 minutes after they engaged in a brawl at the gate and at a duty-free perfume counter.