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| Camel prank man sacked |
| 2005-04-09 |
| A PRANK at Sydney airport has sparked international outrage and highlighted security concerns at Australia's airports. A Qantas baggage handler was sacked last night for removing a costume camel's head from a passenger's bag and wearing it on the tarmac. The incident was seized upon by the legal team for accused drug trafficker Schapelle Corby - facing the death sentence in Bali. They said it backed claims that cannabis she was caught carrying had been planted in her luggage by Australian baggage handlers. It has also left Qantas officials red-faced and apologetic as they try to convince the flying public that ground staff can be trusted. In the latest incident, passenger David Cox was shocked to see a baggage handler wearing the animal costume he had checked in only minutes earlier. The marketing manager, waiting to board a flight to Melbourne, watched agog as the baggage handler crossed the airport tarmac several times with the large camel costume on his head. "The little kid in the seat next to me said, 'There's a man wearing a moose head," Mr Cox told Melbourne radio station 3AW yesterday. "I thought 'No mate, that's not a moose head, its a camel head - and it's my camel head." The handler's union described the incident as a "goofy prank", a "typically Australian joke" that just got out of hand. TWU spokesman Nimrod Nyols said the handler had been "goofing", recreating a Toyota television advertisement. "He was doing the 'Oh, what a feeling, Oh, what a Toyota' thing," Mr Nyols said. Closed circuit television recorded the handler removing the camel head from a bag identified as carrying an animal costume. |
| Posted by:God Save The World |
| #3 A Qantas baggage handler was sacked last night for removing a costume camel’s head from a passenger’s bag and wearing it on the tarmac. A "bag"?? If was trucking stuff along, I'd make sure that my possession were in securable (lockable) luggage, or a securable container. Not a BAG. Of course, that doesn't excuse the handler's actions.. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-09 6:26:17 PM |
| #2 I always carry a real camel's head in my luggage. As yet, no evidence it has been used in a goofy prank. :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-04-09 10:19:57 AM |
| #1 I always carry lace panties in my luggage. As yet, no evidence they have been used in a goofy prank. |
| Posted by: john 2005-04-09 8:18:25 AM |