What's a woman to do when she has to pass gas and she's stuck in a window seat on a 5-hour flight thousands of feet in the air?

One American Airlines passenger en route to our nation's capital thought it would be inappropriate to let the smell linger, so she lit a few matches. Unable to trace the source of the burning scent, the flight crew called for an emergency landing in Nashville, where it took all of three hours to get all the passengers off the plane, search the luggage, and send the dogs on a sniff search.

Ms. Farty-Pants does not face any charges, but was banned permanently from boarding American Airlines flights, including this one. I wonder what fart-lovin' airline ended up taking her to Washington.

Flatulent passenger grounds flight [Reuters]