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Drunken British women try to open door midflight -- divert plane to Germany
It seems that every week these days another passenger is getting drunk on an aircraft and making a fool of him or her self.This past weekend, two women returning from the hedonistic island of Kos to Manchester, England, were so drunk that they tried to open up the aircraft door to "get some fresh air". They had apparently smuggled their own alcohol onto the flight then had been smoking in the bathroom before the incident occurred.
On being confronted with the crew, one of the women tried to strike a flight attendant with a vodka bottle.
As a result, the XL Airways flight with over two hundred passengers was forced to divert into Germany where officers were called aboard and the women were hauled off into custody. The BBC has some amateur video of the incident on there website, though it just shows a few seconds of people cheering when the women were led away.
The flight continued onto Manchester without the women, who are currently pending charges from the airline.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Moody75 Jul 28th 2008 2:09PM
"The BBC has some amateur video of the incident on there website"
I think you mean "their website".
Unless you mean "that there website, matey"
Brandon Jul 28th 2008 6:42PM
Whatever happened to the GPS giveaway? Comments are closed and I never saw a winner announced.
DJ Jul 29th 2008 12:56AM
Heck with the Great Wall of China..they need to put all the Brits under 30 on their own island with no transportation OFF. Not very good publicity lately for British behavior between Dubai, Greece, and now this.
An image of a bunch of oversexed drunks.
Jim Jul 29th 2008 10:41AM
These "women" who exhibited such adolescent behavior, were probably drunk before boarding the plane. Perhaps, they need to start breathalyzing
these young people BEFORE it gets to the point where they want to open aircraft doors 30,000 feet in the air
Jan van Eck, CT Jul 29th 2008 1:11PM
Possibly part of the problem is correlated to the air-carrier practice of setting the internal cabin pressure lower (higher elevation) to save a few bucks on the air-pack run time. That would lower the partial pressure of oxygen in the cabin air and exacerbate the effects of alcohol.
Lucy Jul 30th 2008 9:06PM
Typical Brit, bad teeth, drunk inflight, and obnoxious about not being able to smoke their brains out!
Edgar Brown Jul 29th 2008 8:42PM
They are on an Island DAH
Edgar Brown Jul 29th 2008 8:44PM
They are on an Island The Great Island of the British Isles
Jim Jul 30th 2008 1:00AM
having just come back from a trip to London, there's nothing great about it...since the smoking ban in pubs, people are all over the streets drinking, knifing attacks on a daily basis, etc.,,,you can have it!