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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (9505)	5/5/1999 4:46:00 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62549

Wager Gives New Meaning To 'Landing Strip' Wednesday May 5 8:06 AM ET dailynews.yahoo.com LONDON (Reuters) - British Airways said Wednesday it was investigating reports that a stewardess staged her own take-off by stripping to parade half-naked at an Italian airport after losing a bet. Newspapers said the stewardess had bet the pilot on a flight from London to Genoa that she would strip down to her underwear if the plane landed early in Italy. When the plane landed before schedule, the stewardess waited until most of the passengers had disembarked and then kept her side of the bet, the newspapers said. The Daily Telegraph quoted staff at Genoa airport as saying passengers and baggage handlers were amazed to see the stewardess walking down the aircraft steps dressed only in panties, shoes, a loose-hanging safety waistcoat and a pilot's hat. ''She then allegedly ran round the plane before skipping back up the stairway,'' the Telegraph said. It quoted a spokesman for the airport as saying: ''I did not see it. But there were a lot of baggage handlers and customs people here who did, and they are still talking about it... I wish I had seen it.'' A British Airways spokeswoman told Reuters: ''We are looking closely at reports of some alleged pranks involving crew during the turnaround in one of our flights in Italy.''