Illegal immigrant in jet suicide bid

An illegal immigrant has been rushed to hospital today after a bungled suicide attempt as he was being booted out of Britain.

The man was being flown back to Jamaica from Gatwick when he dramatically tried to slash his throat with a razor blade he had hidden inside his mouth. But his bid to kill himself failed, leaving him with just a minor cut to his neck.

The flight, which was carrying 449 passengers and 17 crew, has been put back until 12.45pm tomorrow.

A Virgin Atlantic spokeswoman said: "The safety and welfare of our crew and passengers is Virgin Atlantic's top priority.

I think it is strange the man was able to smuggle the razor into the plane. Whenever I go by plane, I get scanned and I have to put everything metal into a basket that gets scanned as well, even my belt. How did this man manage to get the razor inside? One would suspect the metal detectors to detect it.

I am happy that he didn’t succeed though. Think of the children that were on the plane, they would have been traumatized if a man would have blooded to death before their eyes.

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By Tom Wells