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6 JULy: QANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN 28 MAy: TENERIFE 23 JUNE: WASHINGTON DC
A suicide bomber detonated a vehicle-borne IED Reports emerge that a 32-year old Icelandic A Northwest Airlines passenger was arrested on
at a checkpoint at the entrance to Qandahar passenger, named as H.R.J., was arrested on his arrival from Detroit following a disturbance
Airport. The device killed two and injured 16. his arrival from Reykjavik. He is said to have on board.
become abusive as a result of drink and drugs.
8 JULy: CARDIFF, WALES 26 JUNE: PRESTWICK
A police helicopter that was searching for a 5 JUNE: GENEvA Sine Macneill, 47, caused a disturbance in an
person wanted for stealing a car, in Roath, British pop star, Pete Doherty, was arrested airport queue and assaulted a policeman as a
Cardiff, was targeted by a laser beam. A 15- when his British Airways flight from London result of being intoxicated.
year old boy was later arrested. landed and charged for having consumed heroin
on board. A flight attendant had discovered 26 JUNE: AMSTERDAM
10 JULy: ABERBAGOED, WALES Doherty collapsed in a toilet, with a used syringe A dozen passengers on an ArkeFly aircraft set to
A helicopter was being used to hunt for a thief nearby. He was fined and released. operate from Amsterdam to the Turkish cities of
when a laser was shone at it. A 17-year old Ankara and Kayseri were so disruptive that the
man was arrested in connection with the Captain ordered everybody off the flight and flew
incident and was charged with recklessly or to Turkey with an empty aircraft. The culprits
negligently causing an aircraft to endanger were alleged to have refused to sit down for
persons or property. departure and some were running around the
plane and sitting in jump-seats during taxiing.
10 JULy: GRAND JUNCTION
Government airplanes and helicopters used by 27 JUNE: TUSCON
regional fire-fighters at the Grand Junction Samuel Sharbrough, an allegedly intoxicated
Interagency Air Center were broken into by robbers. male passenger, caused an American Airlines
flight en route from Los Angeles to Austin to
20 JULy: CORK, EIRE have to divert.
The pilot of an Aer Lingus flight arriving from
Barcelona was dazzled by a laser. 28 JUNE: BERLIN
A passenger caused the diversion of an
21 JULy: JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN Austrian Arrows flight, en route from Vienna to
Two suicide bombers and a policeman were 5 JUNE: MUMBAI Stockholm, when he allegedly started throwing
killed in a shoot-out as the militants tried to fight Haroom Salam Ballaith, 46, was arrested for beer cans and had to be restrained by crew and
their way into the city airport. allegedly molesting a female flight attendant on an off-duty policeman.
an Emirates plane bound for Mumbai.
25 JULy: DUSHANBE, TAJIKSTAN 30 JUNE: ALBUQUERQUE
An explosion took place at the headquarters of 7 JUNE: GOTHENBURG Keith Wright, 50, is alleged to have undressed
Tajik Air, near Dushanbe's international airport. A Ryanair flight en route from London Stansted on board a US Airways flight en route from
There were no reports of injuries. The incident to Riga had to divert when an intoxicated male Charlotte to Los Angeles, causing the crew to
took place five days before the Presidents of passenger became unruly and attempted to divert to Albuquerque. The crew tried to cover
Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia and Tajikistan open a door in-flight. him with blankets but he kept pushing them off
met in the Tajik capital for an security summit and exposing himself. It was reported that
about Islamic militancy. There is concern that 8 JUNE: CHENNAI Wright is bipolar and had not been eating or
members of the Islamic Movement of The Police were called to meet a Jet Airways sleeping well in the days preceding the incident.
Uzbekistan may be proliferating in Dushanbe. flight arriving from Dubai after an intoxicated
Australian passenger had locked himself in the
toilet for more than 30 minutes and then
UNRULY PASSENGERS
become abusive to flight attendants. The
passenger had been upgraded and consumed
22 MAy: vADODARA, INDIA more alcohol than he was used to.
An air hostess on an IndiGo Airlines flight from
Delhi to Vadodara caught Rajeev Mallik staring 20 JUNE: SALT LAKE CITy
at her and masturbating. Mallik was arrested for An autistic teenager caused the diversion of a
performing a vulgar act in public place. United Airlines flight en route from San
Francisco to Philadelphia.
22 MAy: LONDON
Lieutenant-Commander Terrance Albert George 22 JUNE: CAIRO
was arrested and charged with assault on his An Economy passenger was restrained in-
arrival at Heathrow. He had made unwanted flight and handed over to the authorities
advances to a female passenger, been verbally when a Kuwait Airways flight landed. He had
abusive and had punched a number of the crew tried to use the lavatory in Business class
on the Qantas flight. and become aggressive when challenged.
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