Air Watch
14 MARCH: LEGAZPI, PHILIPPINES 18 MARCH: LONDON
A Cebu Pacific flight arriving from Cebu was forced to go around Two protesters from the “Fathers 4 Justice” group, which campaigns for
when a man teaching his girlfriend to drive sped across the runway paternal rights in child custody cases, were arrested after they attempted to
as the aircraft made its final approach. gain access to the airfield at London Heathrow.
16 MARCH: TEL AVIV 19 MARCH: AUCKLAND
Reports emerge that, in January, a Palestinian driver had crashed through the A Pacific Blue flight had just arrived from Apia Faleolo, in Samoa, when a cleaner
security checkpoint at Ben Gurion International Airport and was caught after a found a new-born baby in the rubbish compartment of one of the toilets. The baby
high-speed chase on the highway leading to the main passenger terminal. was later reunited with its mother in hospital.
17 MARCH: LONDON 21 MARCH: CHRISTCHURCH
Reports emerge that a Ryanair flight attendant, Edita Schindlerova, is working The two Air National pilots, Dion McMillan and Ross Haverfield, who fought
part-time as an XXX porn star under the alias Edita Bente, but Ryanair does not off alleged hijacker Asha Ali Abdillie on a flight from Blenheim to Christchurch
intend to end her contract. Many are concerned that the airline is glad of the last year, were presented with the Polaris Award for heroism.
publicity created, given its preference for racy advertisements and sexy
calendars, the 2009 edition of which includes Miss Schindlerova. 23 MARCH: BEIJING
Three stowaways hoping to get to the USA, a 17-year old male and two 16-
year old females, were discovered hiding on board an Air China flight,
operating between Shanghai and New York via Beijing, by a security guard
during a security check while the aircraft was in transit.
28 MARCH: BOSTON
Baggage handlers unloading a Jetblue Airways Embraer that had just arrived
from New York discovered a man, aged 21, in the cargo compartment. He
identified himself as a Jetblue baggage handler at JFK and claimed he had
involuntarily been locked inside the compartment.
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