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Passengers in plane fist fight

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Passengers in plane fist fight
MATT CUNNINGHAM - October 28th, 2008

A TERRITORY-bound plane had to turn around mid-flight after two rowdy passengers got into a fist fight and one of them pretended he was carrying a bomb.

The Virgin Blue flight from Brisbane to Darwin had to be cancelled after two passengers caused a disruption shortly after boarding, witnesses said.

They said the men had been drinking and began fighting before one of the men started running down the aisle screaming: "I've got a bomb." The flight had to be stopped and the plane flown back to Brisbane. The cabin crew were said to have been traumatised by the incident.

Australian Federal Police officers were called to Brisbane airport where they arrested a 54-year-old man.

He was taken to the Brisbane city watch house where he was charged with making threats to aviation security, and offensive and disorderly behaviour in an aircraft.

The man appeared in a Brisbane magistrates court on Friday where he was bailed to reappear on November 21.

Passengers on board Virgin Blue flight 449 to Darwin last Thursday evening were put up in hotels for the night and flown to Darwin the next day.

Many passengers were inconvenienced by the flight's cancellation, including the mother of a Darwin Digger.

Gunner Nathan Wallace's Brisbane-based mother had planned to get into Darwin just before her son arrived home from a 12-month tour of duty including five months in Afghanistan.

But she missed her son's homecoming after being stuck in Brisbane.

Virgin Blue did not respond to requests for comment.

http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/200...21_ntnews.html

A day will have to come soon when passengers should be breath tested prior to being allowed to board a flight. Time and time again there are stories of intoxication causing major disruptions and in-flight chaos.

Look at that french fool who groped the flight attendant and then tried to assault the captain and ended up being handcuffed to his seat. Incidents like this can be easily avoided with a tougher stance by airlines and police.

Dear sir,

Please find enclosed the hotel bill for the passengers that had to be accomodated because of your behaviour. You will also note the labour hours, fuel, landing fees and other costs associated in the delay. Once we have determined how your behaviour has impacted flights the day after this incident, we will be sure to send another invoice.

Failure to pay this bill within 28 days will result in legal action to recoup the funds.

have a nice day.

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Originally Posted by Adrian B (Post 15255)

Exactly, not the sort of bill I would want in my letterbox.

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Originally Posted by NickN (Post 15249)

Absolutely agree. I actually thought this WAS done to a certain extent by the checkin staff at the boarding gate.

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Originally Posted by Greg McDonald (Post 15261)

Absolutely agree. I actually thought this WAS done to a certain extent by the checkin staff at the boarding gate.

It is - but where does it say they were drunk in this article?

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Originally Posted by Michael Morrison (Post 15263)

It is - but where does it say they were drunk in this article?

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"Virgin Blue spokeswoman Heather Jeffery said there were 138 passengers on board the plane.

"During the flight a male passenger became extremely verbally aggressive and appeared to be intoxicated," she said."

You had to click on the link to see it. Sending these fools the bill for the inconvience for the airline and all the passengers would be the best punishment.

Alcohol fuelled airline violence has got to be up there among the most common reasons for these incidents.

There was an incident a while back where a German bloke got smashed on board an Emirates (???) flight to Perth I think it was and tried to open the door mid-flight.

Enough is enough.

Bit worrying if that really traumatised the cabin crew, isn't it?

The guys 54, you'd think he'd be well past drunken shenanigans.:(