binary hero
4th March 2003, 10:56
parents, beware, your children may be buying comics to HIJACK PLANES (http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_755923.html?menu=news.quirkies).
this is VERY SERIOUS.
One of the UK's most popular comics has been taken off the shelves at an airport as part of a security crack-down.
Security staff have ordered copies of The Dandy - made famous by cowboy Desperate Dan - to be withdrawn from Birmingham International Airport because a free toy gun is being given away.
The bright blue-and-yellow plastic "punch-gun" toy was attached to hundreds of copies of this week's issue, and the airport fear it could be used as a weapon to hijack a plane
this is VERY SERIOUS.
One of the UK's most popular comics has been taken off the shelves at an airport as part of a security crack-down.
Security staff have ordered copies of The Dandy - made famous by cowboy Desperate Dan - to be withdrawn from Birmingham International Airport because a free toy gun is being given away.
The bright blue-and-yellow plastic "punch-gun" toy was attached to hundreds of copies of this week's issue, and the airport fear it could be used as a weapon to hijack a plane