'Vital' Missing Part Delays British Airways 747,

the flight to Mexico City eventually took off after a 25 minuet delay, luckily a replacement 'vital' part was found, but what was it? a part for the engine, wings, wheels, kitchen, boilers maybe, I am really getting into this, electrics, avionics or hydraulics, no none of these, it was a clip in ashtray that was missing from a toilet door! as the minutes ticked by, and the ashtray could not be found, the captain eventually ordered ground crew to 'go and rob one' from another plane - or take off a whole door if necessary, a spokesman for BA insisted last night that the flight had had to be delayed because all planes in Europe are required by law to have ashtrays, 'We apologise to customers for the inconvenience but their safety is always our overriding priority.' yes those Boeing 747's are really unsafe when just 1 ashtray is missing! by the way, smoking has been banned on all British Airways flights for more than a decade, however, the Civil Aviation Authority, which regulates the UK aviation industry, said: 'The air navigation orders are a bit like the highway code, 'There's only a small section about smoking and one of the rules is that it's banned, there's nothing in there at all about ashtrays' and BA wonders why I for one would rather walk than use BA!