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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Norwegian Passenger bites Air France airline worker
2007-01-08
An Air France passenger went amok at Oslo's main airport at Gardermoen on Monday and ended up biting one of the airline's employees at the check-in counter.

The passenger, a 37-year-old Norwegian citizen who is nameless in the article, reportedly was furious because he was told he had too much baggage, and then missed his flight after being told to deposit some of the excess baggage at the airport's lost-and-found department.

He got so angry that he first tried to throw a vase at the Air France worker behind the counter. When he missed, he jumped over the counter and physically assaulted the employee, biting him in the chest.

The 40-year-old Air France worker, who bled from the wound, was taken to an emergency clinic for treatment. "I don't know what kind of treatment he'll get, but probably a rabies shot," Petter Olausson of the Gardermoen police station told Aftenposten.no. "That's at least what I'd ask for."

The passenger was taken into police custody and faced questioning later on Monday. "We're just waiting for his victim to get back from the clinic," Olausson said.
Why, so the perp can bite him again?
Posted by:mrp

#7  Accompanied by red or white wine? Perhaps a fruity Chardonney with a hint of woody aftertaste...
Posted by: borgboy   2007-01-08 21:34  

#6  What's all the fuss? I'd have done the same thing! :-)
Posted by: gorb   2007-01-08 19:34  

#5  expect to read another "prisoner cooks, eats cellmate" story
Posted by: Frank G   2007-01-08 19:28  

#4  It's been a long winter and cabin fever powerful. The Air France guy should be thankful he wasn't cannibalized on the spot.
Posted by: ed   2007-01-08 19:03  

#3  Now, this doesn't sound at all like a socialist Norwegian. Was this ass seething ? Did he have a half-assed hat on his head ? Did he look like a camel herder ? Just a suspicion.
Posted by: SpecOp35   2007-01-08 17:46  

#2  The Air France guy could be of any nationality.

I'm stunned by the ferocity of the attack. Usually this kind of stuff happens after the passenger gets tanked after a bout of heavy on-board drinking and breathing hours of 5-10 thousand ft. pressurized cabin air. I hope there's a follow-up.
Posted by: mrp   2007-01-08 14:50  

#1  Not my first choice of airline employee to bite. Though I do enjoy garlic...
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-01-08 14:24  

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