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Long Toilet Stay Triggers Airplane Security Sweep
Wed Sep 11,10:00 AM ET
BERLIN (Reuters) - A passenger who spent a long time in an airplane toilet Wednesday prompted a security alert and full search of the Lufthansa plane, the airline said.
"It was quite amusing," Lufthansa spokesman Thomas Jachnow said. "He was on the toilet for quite some time. That was enough reason to alert the federal border police."
The man went to the toilet after the plane had landed in Berlin's Tegel airport from Frankfurt. His lengthy stay prompted the flight attendant to alert security officials.
The border police detained the man once he had emerged and conducted a thorough search of the plane which did not produce anything unusual, spokesman Lars Rebel said.
Jachnow said the incident only occurred because of heightened security around the anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the United States.
"The day put people's nerves on edge. Thank god, it turned out to be nothing," he said.
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