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Posted on Monday, June 15 - 2009
A passenger airline jet was returning to Mumbai when a bag of curry powder set off the fire alarms. The incident created a 12-hour delay, the offending bag of powder was removed prior to the plane"s second take-off."An Air India passenger jet heading to Frankfurt was forced to return to Mumbai after a bag of curry powder set off smoke and fire alarms, it was reported on Saturday." Views : 107
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