Plane Makes Emergency Landing Due to ... Tea Spill

By Dan MacKenzie,  Newser User
Posted Sep 3, 2010 7:47 AM CDT Posted Sep 3, 2010 7:47 AM CDT
Promoted on Newser Sep 3, 2010 9:29 AM CDT
Emergency Landing due to Tea Spill
   (AP)

No, this has nothing to do with the tea party, nor is this spill anything like the one in the Gulf. For the passengers on one Rynair flight, disaster struck in the form of ... spilled tea. A 56-year-old woman accidentally dropped the hot liquid on herself on a flight from Liverpool to Poznan, Poland, on Tuesday. The pilot made an emergency landing in Germany, reports Reuters, where the woman was treated for scalding. The plane then departed without her: She opted to take the train for the remainder of her trip. Read the full article. (More tea stories.)

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