Sheep Farts Cause Singapore Airlines Emergency Landing

[rohrl]

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/gas-f...

news.com.au said:

A SINGAPORE airlines Boeing 747 from Sydney was forced to make an unexpected stopover after methane gas set off the fire alarm .
The Aviation Herald reports the cargo flight from Australia to Kuala Lumpur, with 4 crew and 2186 sheep on-board, was flying just to the south of Indonesia when the smoke alarms sounded on October 26.
Crew on-board SQ-7108 descended the aircraft immediately and diverted to Bali where they landed about 45 minutes later.
Emergency services didn’t find any trace of fire or smoke and identified the cause to be the result of exhaust gasses and manure produced by the sheep...

I had no idea that it was possible to set off a smoke alarm by farting but then I didn't even know that sheep went on holiday by air.

[Hooli]

Well flock me.

[hornetrider]

Baaa-rmy.

[RegMolehusband]

A bit of a woolly report that.

[eldar]

Lamentable.

[matchmaker]

My late dad worked for an insurance company and in the company newsletter I, as a then 8 year old, was delighted to read a story about a farmer who didn't believe that cows farted methane. He decided to put this to the test and burnt his farm down.

[Riley Blue]

My Dad's farts set off his carbon monoxide detector...