HOLD the ONIONS...just read this Giggles!!

@ersmommy1 (12588)
United States
March 22, 2008 3:45pm CST
Hold the onions! The crew of an Alitalia flight made an emergency landing at Logan International Airport after being overcome by noxious fumes. reports of a toxic chemical leak that sent Boston firefighters and emergency workers into their hazmat suits turned out to be five tons of minced onions.FAA spokesman Jim Peters said investigators determined the scare was caused by the vegetables “We narrowed it down to the 10,000 pounds of onions in the cargo hold."
2 responses
owatagoosiam
@owatagoosiam (751)
• United States
24 Mar 08
I should think there are some .. I don't know.. laws about carting things around in the cargo hold that are producing powerful scents like onions.
lilybug
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
23 Mar 08
My sister in law was telling me about this story earlier today. Those must have been some powerful onions to cause an emergency landing on a flight. Were the onions rotten or were there just so many of them that the smell was just so overpowering?