Oozing Mushrooms Cause Panic

Paul, one of our Chicago correspondents, just sent us the article below about "oozing" mushrooms. As pilot in training, these type of stories hit home for Paul. As for the rest of us who travel, anything "oozing" should cause concern.

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DHA performing flight FR1024 from Budapest (Hungary) to Dublin (Ireland), was forced to perform an emergeny landing into Frankfurt-Hahn (Germany) due to a bag of frozen mushrooms.

A passenger had brought the frozen mushrooms on board of the airplane and put them into the overhead baggage compartment. During the flight the mushrooms melted and "sauce" dripped onto another passenger sitting underneath. That passengers started to complain about irritations of his mucous membranes, prompting the crew to divert to Frankfurt-Hahn. The passenger was brought to hospital.

The airplane took off again and completed the journey with a delay of 140 minutes.

There was no word, what consequences the mushroom lover might be facing.