Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Plane lands at wrong Indonesian airport PADANG, Indonesia, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Indonesian officials said a pilot has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation into why he landed a passenger jet at the wrong airport. Advertisement Authorities said the Sriwijaya Air jet, which took off from Medan, Sumatra, had 96 passengers aboard when it landed at the Tabing air force base instead of the Minangkabau airport in Padang, seven miles from the base, the BBC reported Monday. Officials said the pilot, who is not from Indonesia, has been suspended and investigators are looking into the reason behind the wrong-airport landing. Briton creates $8,837 cocktail LONDON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A British bar owner said he has concocted the world's most expensive cocktail, costing $8,837 per glass. Salvatore Calabrese, owner of the Salvatore's bar at the Playboy Club London, said his "Salvatore's Legacy" cocktail includes 1778 Clos de Griffier Vieux Cognac, a 1770 Kummel liqueur, a Dubb Orange Curacao from about 1860 and Angostura bitters from the turn of the 20th century, Sky News reported Monday. A Guinness spokeswoman confirmed it has received Calabrese's claim to a record. "The current record for the most expensive cocktail commercially available is '27,321,' costing 27,321 United Arab Emirates dirham ($6,051), which can be found on the menu of The Skyview Bar of Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates," the spokeswoman said. Advertisement Retired cops chase down tip jar snatchers ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A quartet of retired police officers in Minnesota caught a teenage tip jar thief, who named his partner in the crime, police said. The retired St. Paul officers -- John Culhane, Beverly Hall, Pat Scott and Cornelius "Butch" Benner -- were dining at the Cheeky Monkey deli last week when a pair of teenagers ran off with the tip jar, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Monday. Culhane, Hall and the deli's chef chased the boys on foot while Scott tailed them in his car and Benner called 911. "Once a cop, always a cop, I guess," Scott said. He said the ex-officers nabbed one of the teenagers, who then gave up the name of his sidekick. "He needs to give up crime because he's no good at it," Scott said. The tip jar was recovered with the second teen, police said. Giant turtle stops traffic MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Motorists on a stretch of South Carolina highway said traffic ground to a halt when drivers slowed to get a glimpse of a giant turtle walking with its owner. Many motorists said they slowed Thursday on U.S. Highway 501 in Myrtle Beach to get a look at the large reptile, but about 20 people, including Leona Brown and her family, stopped completely to get out of their cars and pet the animal, WMBF-TV, Myrtle Beach, S.C., reported Monday. Advertisement "We stopped and had an amazing experience," Brown said.
