New liquid quantity rules prompt man's decision to drink entire bottle

updated 1:44 p.m. CT, Wed., Dec. 12, 2007
BERLIN - A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing a liter (two pints) of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new carry-on rules, police said Wednesday.

The incident occurred at the Nuremberg airport on Tuesday, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a holiday in Egypt.

New airport rules prohibit passengers from carrying larger quantities of liquid onto planes, and he was told at a security check he would have to either throw out the bottle of vodka or pay a fee to have his carry-on bag checked as cargo.

Instead, he chugged the bottle down — and was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function, police said.

A doctor called to the scene determined he had possibly life-threatening alcohol poisoning, and he was sent to a Nuremberg clinic for treatment.

The man, whose name was not released, is expected to be able to complete his journey home in a few days.

a guy in the line behind me in KL was looking very sadly at his 2 bottles or rum he had bought in the philippines and they simply had not sealed his bag up with the correct tape or some such rubbish, and he had to hand it over!

I got sick just from reading that!

KidaDynamite said:

you aren't allowed to read such things until you are 21 missy

ZombieKitten said:

Okay!

KidaDynamite said:

but it's quite OK for you to watch xxx vids

go figure

ZombieKitten said:

Exactly!

DORK

I've been on planes where someone has had way too much to drink, and that shit was not funny.

in canada and the u.s. once you go through the airport security and xray machines you can buy liquids to carry with you on the plane. but i discovered that you can't assume such things in mexico. puerto vallarta didn't have xray at all so your bags were searched by hand. i had JUST plunked down $2.50 for a can (a can, not even a bottle) of coke and had to hand it over at the gate.



but had safely stashed the booze in my checked baggage.

Imago said:

Agreed!!!

Seriously...booze ain't that much of a necessity where a person would have to chug it to make it worth buying. But then again, I hardly ever sip the sauce. I prefer herbal tea and Kool-Aid. Common sense should kick in when it comes to traveling in the air and liquids. Hell, should've kicked in and said "just hand it over..."

Some people. If you search online, you can easily get some pretty good international sauces delivered right to the doorstep. You don't even have to buy the good lot of 'em.

*ahem*

Not that I've researched this.