
Passengers had to be rebooked and suffered delays of over five hours, enough to claim Sturgeon compensation. The interesting point is whether the airline can argue that the mouse created an ‘extraordinary circumstance’. You may want to find the answer with the guidance in Air Passenger Rights, p. 50-51.

Carrying insects aboard a plane is banned under Russian (and other national) aviation rules. In this case, the airport’s deputy director had carried the bees on the plane by simply skipping security checks. It was not the first time security failed at that airport. In June 2011, a woman was caught after managing to board a plane without a ticket, documents or any luggage. So if you are fed up with all the airport security measures, you know which airport to fly from.

One may wonder what caused the actor to behave in such an incontinental way. My guess: the liquid rules. Before going through security, Depardieu realised he had a full bottle of Perrier water in his hand luggage. And rather than throwing it away he decided to down it. Such irresponsible behaviour is encouraged by the mismatch between the heavy regulation of liquids in hand luggage and the complete lack of regulation of liquids carried inside the human body (Air Passenger Rights, p. 79).
This mismatch leads to regrettable scenes of passengers no longer able to control their jet stream. I contacted the airline authorities and they promised a robust response. They intend to introduce a new generation of body scanners at the departure gates to measure the human body’s liquid levels. As one spokesman said: ’It is the only way to stamp out this form of terrorrential peeism root and branch. And to boost the business of body scanners, of course.’
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