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Dirty Diaper Grounds Qantas Flight

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Getty 020312 BadSmell?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1328297992931iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LONDON) — When passengers complained of a strange odor aboard a Qantas flight en route from Darwin to Brisbane earlier this week, officials made the decision to land the plane as soon as possible.

Rather than a security threat, officials found a dirty diaper that had been left in one of the plane’s toilets.

While the diaper was easily disposed of, the passengers had to be removed from the aircraft by forklift, according to the Daily Mail.

The plane landed in Mount Isla, a smaller airport that isn’t able to handle an aircraft as large as the Qantas aircraft. The forklift removed people five at a time, a process that took two hours.

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