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In-flight bathroom bandit strikes deal

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) on Jun 6th 2009 at 8:00AM

All Joao Correa wanted to do was go to the bathroom. He ate something bad and needed to get it out of his system ... we've all been there. A beverage cart stood in his way, but that wouldn't deter the spirit of this passenger. He asked to use the first class lavatory: denied. So, his only hope was on the other side of that cart – which didn't move for several minutes. The chain of events that followed would result in an encounter with the legal system. Thanks to a deal with the feds, Correa will be able to put all this behind him.

Correa claims that the flight attendant raised her arm to block him and that he grabbed that appendage to keep his balance. She, apparently, didn't agree. Nonetheless, a pilot was called back from the cockpit, and he allowed the passenger to reach is mid-flight destination. He was arrested when the plane landed.

Now, Correa's a free man. He completed a three-month pretrial diversion program and is no longer a "danger" to flying society.

One bit of advice Correa: don't eat before flying! Hell, that's advice I'll probably follow, too.

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