Man Drinks 2 Pints of Vodka in Airport Queue

by Jordan Yerman | December 12, 2007 at 02:15 pm

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Security queues could drive one to drink, but that should be figurative, and not literal. In this case, the man who downed a liter of vodka rather than dump it out (it could, after all, be a dangerous substance, right?) is now the victim of self-induced alcohol poisoning, which may prove life-threatening.

A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing a liter (two pints) of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new carry-on rules, police said Wednesday.

The incident occurred at the Nuremberg airport on Tuesday, where the 64-year-old man was switching planes on his way home to Dresden from a holiday in Egypt.

New airport rules prohibit passengers from carrying larger quantities of liquid onto planes, and he was told at a security check he would have to either throw out the bottle of vodka or pay a fee to have his carry-on bag checked as cargo.

Instead, he chugged the bottle down - and was quickly unable to stand or otherwise function, police said.