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SYDNEY: Australia's Qantas was forced to divert a flight bound for the United States over a disruptive passenger, with local media reporting the man bit a flight attendant.

The man was met by local authorities on arrival and has been slapped with a no-fly ban on all Qantas planes.

An article with more details (The Guardian)

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[–] thechosen2nd@piefed.social 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Finally, the goddamned zombie apocalypse

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago

Can't have that normal timeline returning

[–] BossDj@piefed.social 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

...the strange virus that began on a cruise ship has now spread...
... Man bit the flight attendant...

We're in the zombie movie exposition News reel scene

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe it's a good time for me to move to the country side

[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My wife thought we were "in the country" when she moved in.

I can see a hospital from my front door.

If shit hit the fan, we are definitely not "in the country" enough to not have to worry about it immediately.

Heck, if it's zombies, we will be dealing with them before they take over the world, since they'd be wandering away from hospitals in search of flesh.

If it's bombs, we live too close to secondary and tertiary targets to be unaffected, especially if there are storms blowing fallout up to us.

I guess there isn't much point to my comment beyond "make sure you go really far out to where you can't see city glows on the horizon at night."

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

The nearest gas station to me closed so it's about 20 mins if I want to spend money somewhere. There are more maintained snowmobile trails here than maintained roads.

[–] neatchee@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was betting on Florida Man as the culprit from just the headline, but the linguistic content made it obvious that this was a deeply Australian man

[–] ishartdoritos@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Potato potahto

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 1 month ago

‘straya, mate

[–] Miller@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Almost man bites dog story.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

I'd rather bite a flight attendant than a dog.

[–] corbindallas@fedinsfw.app 5 points 1 month ago

The safety of our customers and our crew is our number one priority and we have zero tolerance for.....

  • The Illegal Sacking and Outsourcing of Ground Staff
  • Executive Windfalls vs. Worker Stagnation
  • "Labor Hire" and Wage-Cutting Loopholes
  • Heavy-Handed Industrial Relations Tactics
  • Staffing Deficits and Mental Health Toll

Lying fucking cunts. They are more dangerous than any passenger

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Goddamn aussies man

[–] mech@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago
[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 1 month ago

I said peanuts! Not penis! Oh its your finger! I'm so sorry! So very very sorry! Really. I.
I got no words! I would never.
I didn't know it was your finger, I thought it was peanuts. I just went all badger in the imaginary peanut bag and I'm sorry!! Please forgive me!