Passenger causes fire in bathroom during a flight to Bangkok

Johnny Jet wrote a post yesterday about how some travelers do really stupid things like getting too close to wildlife or disobeying warning signs when hiking … and it almost never ends well, from being severely injured to sometimes death. You can read the story about a woman who was gored while filming a bison and another person who was chased and bitten by a seal here. Both are crazy!

It seems like a lot of crazy things happen on airplanes these days. The latest? A passenger caused a fire in an airplane bathroom yesterday on an El Al flight to Bangkok.

Well, the latest crazy travel story I’ve happened upon occurred on an airplane. According to the Jerusalem Post, a passenger caused a fire in an airplane bathroom yesterday on an El Al flight to Bangkok.

Per the article: “The incident took place on a flight that took off last night from Tel Aviv, after a passenger who probably wanted to smoke without being detected threw a cigarette butt into the trash can in the toilet compartment – but the cigarette ignited the toilet paper inside, which caused both the trash can and the toilet to catch fire.”

The craziest part? “After the fire was extinguished, an assessment of the situation was conducted, and it was determined that there was no danger to the plane. El Al decided not to involve the police in Thailand, but the company will take legal action against the man.”

How can you not press charges against someone who puts everyone’s life in jeopardy? He should have been arrested on arrival and thrown in jail so he can never do it again. msn.com