British Airways plane grounded by, er, curry

A British Airways jet had to be grounded for an emergency evacuation after panicky passengers thought they smelled poison gas - which turned out to be a broken container of stinky curry.

The flight from Belgrade to London had to land as travellers thought they were under attack from terrorists.

But an official investigation revealed the fumes had escaped from a giant container of curry spices in the cargo hold.

"The smell spread from the package of an aromatic food spice," confirmed the Serbian Ministry for the Protection of Human Environment.

"The chemical that was found in the cargo hold of the airplane did not leak out. It was sodium-selenite. But the smell did not spread from there."

Dozens of passengers had to flee the plane after it was returned to Belgrade and contained on a special emergency runway at the airport.

Emergency workers wearing breathing apparatus helped screaming passengers off the plane before the source of the fumes was discovered.

Source : TheDailyTelegraph