Air Watch
12 MARCH: GOIANIA, BRAZIL UNRULY PASSENGERS 24 FEBRUARY: DENVER
A Brazilian man kidnapped his 5-year old An intoxicated woman caused the diversion of a
daughter, stole a small private plane and after 30 JANUARY: MUMBAI Virgin America flight operating from Los Angeles
being pursued by the authorities crashed it into Prashant Imene, 24, flying from London to to New York.
the main shopping mall in the central city of Mumbai on Jet Airways, was arrested on arrival
Goiania. Father and daughter died in the crash. for having allegedly molested a female passenger, 1 MARCH: LONDON GATWICK:
assaulted the cabin crew and sworn at them. He Singer Amy Winehouse is alleged to have
also, allegedly, threatened to throw his passport assaulted another passenger, who was “giving her
out of the window, tore up his boarding pass, strange looks”, on her British Airways flight from
splashed water on a male flight attendant’s face St. Lucia to Gatwick.
and hit an elderly passenger with a spoon.
8 FEBRUARY: EDINBURGH
The Hibernian goalkeeper, Grzegorz Szamotulski,
was prevented from boarding a flight to Amsterdam
because airport staff said he was too drunk.
16 MARCH: SRINAGAR, INDIA:
Security force personnel detected and defused a
20 kg powerful Improvised Explosive Device. 1 MARCH: TAMPA
Cassie Winiavski, 21, is alleged to have punched a
18 MARCH: SANA’A, YEMEN Spirit Airlines flight attendant following an argument
A South Korean security delegation was attacked about use of the toilet just as the aircraft was going to
by a suicide bomber who blasted his explosives push back. When she was off-loaded, she spat at
as the convoy was headed for Sana’a airport. and kicked two officers and bit the finger of another.
Only the bomber was killed. 19 FEBRUARY: SINGAPORE
A passenger on a Qantas flight en route from 3 MARCH: DALLAS
19 MARCH: MOSCOW London to Singapore had to be restrained A 26-year old passenger opened a door, deployed
Four men, dressed in camouflage and armed with when he was caught smoking in the aircraft and slid down the emergency chute as an
submachine guns, robbed a passenger waiting to toilets and then became violent. Reports American Airlines jet waited to taxi to its gate.
enter the VIP lounge at Moscow’s Vnukovo indicate that he had to be restrained twice,
Airport. They stole his bag, which is said to have having broken free after the first attempt. 5 MARCH: CAIRO
contained approx. US$1.3 million in roubles. An Egyptair flight from Cairo to Sana’a returned to
20 FEBRUARY: CAIRNS Cairo after Russian diplomats travelling as
22 MARCH: SYDNEY David Tarasenko, 31, yelled at flight attendants and passengers engaged in a shouting match and
A fight between up to 50 members of the Hells offended other passengers after the crew asked him became physical about 30 minutes into the flight.
Angels and the Commancheros motorcycle gangs to move from his emergency exit seat because of Both diplomats received cuts and bruises.
within the Qantas domestic check-in area at Sydney fears he was intoxicated. He then poured water on
Airport resulted in 29-year old Anthony Zervas being the floor in protest and again became agitated when 12 MARCH: SINGAPORE
bludgeoned to death in front of passengers. flight attendants woke him and asked him to buckle Kim Borch Petersen, 39, became intoxicated and
his seat belt for landing. He was later fined AU$800 behaved disorderly on a Singapore Airlines flight
for offensive and disorderly behaviour, AU$500 for from London. He was later fined S$1,200.
damaging property and was ordered to pay Qantas
restitution of AU$575. 12 MARCH: RIYADH
A passenger being deported on a Saudi Arabian
20 FEBRUARY: CINCINNATI: Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Riyadh
Russell Krebs, 36, allegedly became abusive to crew attacked the two security officers who were
and then assaulted another passenger when crew escorting him back to Saudi Arabia to be handed
refused him alcohol on a Comair flight from Omaha. over to the authorities. The man tried to reach the
cockpit but the officers eventually restrained him.
20 FEBRUARY: SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
David Watson, 41, was arrested for having allegedly 19 MARCH: MIAMI
groped a flight attendant and resisted arrest. Merengue star, Elvis Crespo, is alleged to have been
seen masturbating on a flight from Houston to Miami
25 MARCH: PUTHUKUDIYIRIPPU, 23 FEBRUARY: ISLEWORTH, UK and then exposing himself to a female passenger.
SRI LANKA Nadeem Arif, 47, received a suspended six-month Police officers were called to meet the flight.
Members of the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) are thought to sentence, must do 80 hours community service, pay
be responsible for firing surface-to-air-missiles at £390 prosecution costs and sign on to the sex 23 MARCH: KIEV
two Sri Lankan Air Force Bell- 212 helicopters, offenders' register for the next seven years for A passenger on an El Al flight from Tel Aviv to Kiev
engaged in casualty evacuation operations in having groped a stewardess on a flight from suddenly attacked a crewmember and had to be
Puthukudiyirippu. Colombo and for refusing to obey the seatbelt signs. restrained by the sky marshal on board.
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