Thread: Norwegian tourist falls asleep on airport baggage belt

Rome's Fiumicino airport has defended its security procedures after a drunk Norwegian tourist fell asleep on a baggage belt and travelled 160 feet before being identified by an X-ray scanner.

The tourist was spotted in this X-ray image on the baggage belt Photo: La Repubblica (La Repubblica.it - Homepage)


By Josephine McKenna, Rome

1:54PM BST 09 Aug 2012

The 36-year-old, who has not been named, arrived at the international terminal of Italy's busiest airport at the end of last month with a backpack and a can of beer in his hand.

The Norwegian was due to check in for a flight to Oslo and when he found no one on duty at the airline desk he leapt across the counter and fell into a deep asleep on the baggage belt with his bag beside him.

As the belt began to move the unsuspecting tourist reportedly travelled for 15 minutes through the secure baggage area in Terminal 3 before officials spotted his body curled up in a foetal position in an X-ray image on their monitors.

He slept through the whole episode and airport police had trouble waking him when they were called to the scene to investigate what had happened.

A senior officer with Fiumicino airport police said on Thursday the incident exposed no weaknesses in the terminal's security and it was not the first kind of incident involving "drunks or people with psychological problems".

"There's usually an episode like this once a year and we are alert," the official said. "In this case we were notified we sounded the alarm immediately and we took action."
Another police officer told the Italian daily,La Repubblica : "It's impossible to avoid a situation like this if there's no employee at the check-in desk."
Concerned about the tourist's exposure to the powerful X-rays, police took him to a nearby hospital before reporting him to prosecutors at Civitavecchia for causing alarm at the airport. Inquiries are continuing.
Norwegian tourist falls asleep on airport baggage belt - Telegraph

Originally Posted by Bangyai

Concerned about the tourist's exposure to the powerful X-rays, police took him to a nearby hospita

Aww bless em, the compassionate souls

Originally Posted by Bangyai

before reporting him to prosecutors at Civitavecchia for causing alarm at the airport

Wankers

Half his head is gone...is this normal for Norwegians?...

Too funny! And he's still suckling the can of beer yes?

seems to be allot of daft Norwegians lately. They are usually big bastards too

...gave me a giggle

Look at the size of his liver!

^ Admit it....... you were looking for his cock

Barnyard animals are not permitted to be carried as checked, or carry-on luggage, silly.

Ah well his stomach seems full - or is that his bladder? You think it's his liver?

Don't know which but it seems to be made of more substantial stuff than his brain.