Coffee Spill Diverts United Airlines Flight

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Coffee Spill Diverts United Airlines Flight

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday January 05, 2011 @11:59AM from the is-there-anyone-on-board-who-knows-how-to-fly-a-plane dept.

PolygamousRanchKid writes "A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany, was diverted to Toronto this week after the pilot dumped a cup of coffee on the plane's communication's equipment. The unwanted liquid triggered a series of emergency codes, including one for a hijacking, according to Transport Canada, the agency that regulates transportation in Canada."

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