Walter Sim 1 Report post Posted June 14, 2009 MUMBAI: 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. Pilots on the Boeing 747-400 plane activated fire extinguishers after receiving a cockpit warning about a fire in the cargo hold early Friday morning, the Mumbai Mirror newspaper said. But on the plane's return to India's financial and entertainment capital, engineers said the alert had been triggered by the escape of particles from a bag containing two to three kilogrammes of curry powder. The bag, belonging to a passenger from the western Indian state of Gujarat, was removed before the plane took off again after a 12-hour delay. "On taking off for the second time, the pilot apologised for the delay and announced that a bag containing curry powder had caused the problem," Air India spokesman Jitendra Bhargava was quoted as saying. Mangoes and meat products that generate heat have been suspected of causing similar incidents on Air India flights in the past, the newspaper said. BBQSause : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp.../435729/1/.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waiping 12 Report post Posted June 14, 2009 Kinda reminds me of Pizza Huts' advertisement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
farhan zulkifli 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2009 haha..quite dangerous ah ini curry powder.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azlan A. 0 Report post Posted June 14, 2009 haha..quite dangerous ah ini curry powder.. haha.. ya la... they should add curry as banned items in acft, not only a 100ml mineral water Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeeTZ 1 Report post Posted June 14, 2009 err.... curry powder set off smoke? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iwan 3 Report post Posted June 14, 2009 curry powder??and how does mangoes generate heat?setting of fire alarms using curry powder in the future..certainly one for the movies! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted June 14, 2009 Wah,this curry powder so hot ka,capable of setting off the fire alarm? Hehehe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yusoff 1 Report post Posted June 15, 2009 Crap! How could a curry powder generate heat? The only heat it could generate is on the tongue only la! Crap yet funny.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Li Ren 2 Report post Posted June 15, 2009 Never bring KFC ''Fiery Crunch'' on board.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aiman 0 Report post Posted June 15, 2009 should noted here also bout that curry http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbust...ythbusters.html see if they can bust it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tony 1 Report post Posted June 15, 2009 Just wondering - is curry powder listed as a Dangerous Goods substance per the IATA DG regulations? Wonder what UN number it carries and if there is any limit per packaging... I tried googling for it, but all I get is a World Trade Organization packaging instruction doc file, which doesn't really tell me much anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
