Air Watch
16 JANUARY: GEORGETOWN, 20 JANUARY: CRETE: JUDGEMENTS &
CAYMAN ISLANDS Farmers drove tractors inside the flight area at ARRESTS
Staff from the Cayman Islands Fire Service Heraklion Airport on the Greek island of Crete.
noticed a man walking in the restricted area They then set tyres on fire. This action was part of 12 DECEMBER: PALANGYA RAYA,
of Georgetown’s Owen Roberts Airport. He a nationwide campaign by farmers trying to obtain INDONESIA
was apprehended and later claimed that he higher subsidy and pension payments and be FX Sera was arrested at the airport, before boarding a
wanted to travel to the USA for Barack liable for lower fuel taxes. Garuda Indonesia flight to Jakarta, when he was found to
Obama’s inauguration as 44th President of be carrying a home-made revolver in his bag.
the USA.
14 DECEMBER: BOSTON
18 JANUARY: BERMUDA Joseph C. Leone Sr., 51, of Quechee, Vermont, was
An American Airlines flight, en route to New York arrested when he was found to have a .32-calibre
from San Juan, diverted to Bermuda when the Colt and eight rounds of ammunition in his luggage.
crew thought that a man was being disruptive. On
landing it was established that the passenger was 17 DECEMBER: LONDON
actually in need of urgent medical attention and Bilal Abdulla, 29, was sentenced to 32 years
not being intentionally unruly. imprisonment for his part in the vehicle-borne
bomb attack on Glasgow Airport in June 2007.
23 DECEMBER: TAMPA
Yoichi and Ayisha Shimamoto asked the court to
dismiss the case they had brought against United
Airlines. The couple had claimed that United had
“negligently” served too much Burgandy wine
during a flight from Osaka to San Francisco in
December 2006, which had been the cause of
Yoichi Shimamoto hitting his wife Ayisha while the
couple were walking through customs.
24 DECEMBER: PRESCOTT, ARIZONA
Kelly Hudson, 43, was arrested at Ernest A. Love
Airport and charged with making a false report involving
a bomb and weapons when checking in for his flight.
31 DECEMBER: COLORADO SPRINGS
A 54-year old woman was arrested for a carrying a
loaded Walther PPK .38 handgun and six rounds
of ammunition in her carry-on luggage.
5 JANUARY: DURHAM, UK
Ben Vout, 19, was jailed for blinding the pilot of a KLM
plane with a laser beam. Het had targeted the jet as it
came in to land at Durham Tees Valley airport, then
did the same to a police helicopter sent out to look for
him. The laser pen was bought for £10 on eBay.
9 JANUARY: LONDON
Hamdi Yazici, 41, was sentenced to 4 months in
gaol for his behaviour on a Turkish Airlines flight in
October. He had become agitated due to
intoxication and then started chanting “Allah”.
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