slugshooter Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Naked bid to fly Down Under Wednesday, November 3, 2004 EST LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- A Canadian man, angry that he was refused a plane ticket to Australia at Los Angeles International Airport, stripped naked, sprinted across the tarmac and climbed into the wheel well of a moving jumbo jet, officials said on Wednesday. Pilots of the Qantas Airways flight stopped the plane. The man was coaxed out of the wheel well and arrested for trespassing, said airport spokeswoman Nancy Castles. "This was an extremely dangerous thing for him to do. If he had continued to cling in there with the aircraft taking off at over 200 miles (320 kph) per hour, he might have fallen out and could have been sucked up by an engine," she said. "If he had survived that and was in the wheel well when the landing gear was retracted, he could have been crushed by the mechanism. And if not he very likely would have frozen to death during the 15 1/2 hour flight at 30,000 feet (9,150 metres) while wearing no clothes." The man, Buckee , 31, tried to buy a one-way ticket on the Qantas flight on Monday evening, but was turned down because he could not supply a valid credit card, Castles said. Later, he managed to climb over an airport fence, topped by three strands of barbed wire, without injury and was spotted by a ramp worker "running, naked, full-speed" toward the plane. Castles said a check by authorities found that Melly had been reported missing to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and was suffering from bi-polar disorder, a manic-depressive illness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyj987 Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Re: Buckee made the news !!! I've read numerous accounts of this incident as well--and found some pictures too!!! It is not the buckee we all know and love, but our superhero's evil alter ego, Baby Buckee! I was able to find these images on the 'net. This one was taken by a passanger who was waiting to board the plane. Using the latest in image editing software, Marky---errr, I mean experts, were able to give us a closer look: The moral of the story is this: Truth is stranger than fiction, but fiction is usually a heck of a lot funnier than truth. A combination of the two--hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Re: Buckee made the news !!! oh marky LMAO GOOD ONE! hoo boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Re: Buckee made the news !!! That's too funny! The close-up proves it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanH Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Re: Buckee made the news !!! LOL dude that so funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palssonater Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Re: Buckee made the news !!! Well I've seen the picture so I believe the whole story now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Re: Buckee made the news !!! Here we go again!!! LMBO!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZooBear Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Re: Buckee made the news !!! That guy might have been sucked up in the engine. Doesnt he understand what those things cost? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Re: Buckee made the news !!! That is funny. The best one yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rhinodog Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Re: Buckee made the news !!! That's some funny stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Re: Buckee made the news !!! LMBO......that is funny stuff right there!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Re: Buckee made the news !!! now that's just darn funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Re: Buckee made the news !!! That guy could be my brother ......yeah, my brother (No warden, you said I could have 5 more minutes on your computer. You promised man ...no...don't take me back to my cell,,,no) That is too funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Re: Buckee made the news !!! LMBO! Hopefully that is the craziest thing ill hear today... Btw, nice work Marky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Re: Buckee made the news !!! That is funny. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganHuntr1 Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Re: Buckee made the news !!! LMBO!!! Absolutely Hillarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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