After he found a strange puncture in his tire, he went to the police.
In an earlier interview with BBC Radio Scotland, Ratcliffe likened environmental accidents to getting a puncture in a tyre.
A nanowire rig requires no surgery save for the initial puncture in a vein.
It's so firm, in fact, that at one point I actually got out to see if there was a puncture in one of its low-pro 19in wheels.
But he must first find the puncture in the membranes by scanning the inside of the uterus with a tiny video camera.
"You can fix a puncture in a matter of minutes," said Friends of the Earth Scotland's head of campaigns Mary Church.
In July 2009, another plane developed a skin fatigue problem that caused a small puncture in its fuselage.
The balloons were rigged to puncture in flight, dropping the messages to the beleaguered North Korean citizens below.
Blood was collected by cardiac puncture in citrated tubes.
Getting a puncture in your space-suit isn't all bad.
A glucose check is used for investigation of a suspected accidental dural puncture in epidural anesthesia.
