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ELVIS
07-30-2014, 12:44 PM
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_AUSTRALIA_DRUG_WARNING?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT) -- An Australian airline apologized on Wednesday for a warning a flight attendant gave passengers who might have been flying high that there were drug-sniffer dogs awaiting them at Sydney airport.

Many of the 210 passengers aboard the Jetstar flight from Gold Coast city on Sunday night had attended the Splendour in the Grass weekend music festival at Byron Bay and were returning home.

"We have been told there are sniffer dogs and quarantine officers waiting in the domestic terminal," Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper on Wednesday quoted the attendant as telling passengers via the Airbus A320's public address system.

"If you need to dispose of anything you shouldn't have, we suggest you flush it now," he added.

The newspaper said the warning prompted passengers to rush for the toilets.

Jetstar spokesman Stephen Moynihan confirmed the newspaper report was accurate. He said the public response to the announcement had been "mixed."

The airline said it routinely makes quarantine announcements on such flights that cross state borders.

"The crew member's words were poorly chosen and are plainly at odds with the professional standards we'd expect from our team," Jetstar said in a statement. "We apologize to customers offended by the comments."

Jetstar said it was "addressing the matter with the cabin crew member involved," but did not detail any potential disciplinary action.

One passenger told the newspaper several passengers suddenly made for the toilets with "things clenched in their hands."

"Why would you tip people off about this?" the passenger, who was not named, asked." If they have got something illegal, let them get caught."

But the response on Jetstar's Facebook page was largely positive.

"What a good Samaritan, Jetstar Australia this guy deserves a promotion," Rohit Dwivedi posted.

"Of course you should warn your passengers to help avoid them being humiliated, locked in a cage or fined," Jebediah Cole posted.


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Kristy
07-30-2014, 12:57 PM
Golly. A news story about kangaroo humpers.

Nitro Express
07-30-2014, 10:28 PM
I think we should make all drugs legal for one year and see what happens.

ELVIS
07-30-2014, 11:51 PM
Everyone will get busted at the end of one year...

Kristy
07-30-2014, 11:52 PM
Weed.

Nitro Express
07-31-2014, 01:03 AM
Everyone will get busted at the end of one year...

I just want to see if making all drugs legal would be as big of a disaster as some people say it would be. Maybe do it longer than a year. Heck. Just make it all legal and if things get out of hand then start making it illegal again. The gangsters would have to find another source of revenue. Maybe it would result in more robberies and car thefts. Would more people use meth and heroine just because they are legal?

ELVIS
07-31-2014, 01:48 PM
I wouldn't...

What does it matter what drugs the drug heads do anyway...

Let them do what they want...