Spilt coffee causes United Airlines flight to Frankfurt to land in Toronto

Pfft, if he needs my son has a sippy cup he does not need anymore.

Didn't the pat down catch the errant liquids?

I think one of the flight attendants was "patting him down" when he spilt his coffee.

I think one of the flight attendants was "patting him down" when he spilt his coffee.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Wow. Here Al Qaeda has gone to great lengths figuring out how to down airliners when all they needed was a deadly weapon from Timmie's.

That is a problem with a glass cock[it, it doesn't take a whole hell of a lot to scew up the electronics and you can be in deep trouble if you can't override anything.

Drinking coffee, easy to figure out... he was just trying to sober up.


Ok, I admit it, I'm stealing this from Letterman.

I though the pilot was busy poking the stews .. er.. Flight Attendants.

I though the pilot was busy poking the stews .. er.. Flight Attendants.
Sobering-up, drinking coffee, poking the stews and piloting a multi-million dollar aircraft with a few hundred lives in your hands...

Multi-tasking... there IS a limit.

Here's a neat innovation they might want to consider:

Letterman mentionned that one last night too.