http://www.metimes.com/storyview.php?St ... 1105-1978r
UPI
July 30, 2007
MILAN, Italy -- A British Airways flight was delayed several hours in Milan, Italy, because three wives of a Qatar ruler refused to sit next to men that they did not know.
Sheikh Badr Bin Khalifa Al Thani, his three wives, two servants, and another relative flew into Milan for a day of shopping Friday, but the women balked when they saw their seats aboard their return flight to London, the BBC reported Saturday.
The flight crew failed to convince other passengers to shift seats so that the women could sit together and the ensuing chaos kept the plane grounded for about four hours, the BBC said.
Badr went into the pilots' cabin - a forbidden area for non-staff - while members of his group refused to be seated for take off, authorities said.
Police and Qatari diplomats also became involved, but the captain finally ordered the royal entourage off the aircraft. The group flew to London aboard Air Alitalia later Friday, the BBC reported.
Qatari diplomats in Rome called the incident a "private matter."
Qatari sheikh, wives ejected from plane in Italy
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I couldn't stop laughing when I first read this news last week on A.net. I think they've got what they'd asked for. Couldn't give a monkey about these so called Royals. They're worried about their shopping trips when the rest of Muslim world is in crisis.
F*****g selfish B*****ds.
F*****g selfish B*****ds.
The orbital speed of the Earth around the Sun averages about 30 km/s or 18 mps (108,000 km/h or 67000 mph).
Which means we're travelling 97 times the speed of sound. And yet we can't feel the motion, SubhanAllah
Which means we're travelling 97 times the speed of sound. And yet we can't feel the motion, SubhanAllah