Morning Links: Snakes on a Plane, Porn Stars in the Cockpit and More
Travel Blog • Eva Holland • 04.16.09 | 8:49 AM ET
- Yup, they’re going there: United Airlines will begin charging obese passengers for two adjacent seats, and will bump them on full flights. (Via @davedemerjian and @whereishawkins)
- World Hum contributor Jenna Schnuer talks travel with “The Amazing Race” host Phil Keoghan.
- Travel horror comes to life: a Qantas flight was grounded after four baby pythons escaped from their container.
- A pilot has been stripped of his license after, um, fraternizing with a Swedish porn star while flying—this, despite the fact that “there is no specific rule against having sex in the cockpit.”
- The L.A. Times reports that Mexico’s tourist zones are up to 26 times safer than comparable U.S. destinations; meanwhile, World Hum contributor Eric Lucas has a few choice words for a group called Americans United to Halt Tourism in Mexico.
- Jaunted stumbles on a truly grim in-flight grilled cheese sandwich.
- World Hum contributor Frank Bures finds art and Americana on the upper stretches of the Great River Road.
- A group of French fishermen have ended their blockade of several ports on the English Channel, allowing the Dover-Calais ferry to resume service.
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