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Drunken Passengers Go on Rampage, Force Plane's Emergency Landing

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FOXNews.com - Drunken Passengers Go on Rampage, Force Plane's Emergency Landing - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

BERLIN — Two drunken British women went on a rampage on a charter plane, hitting one flight attendant with a bottle of vodka and trying to open a cabin door as the aircraft was cruising over Austria at 10,000 meters, police said Saturday.

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Both women were released, police said.
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The women were released??? Are you freaking kidding me? They risked the lives of everyone on that plane and they get released? I hope there's more to the story regarding why they were released because this makes no sense.
 
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FOXNews.com - Drunken Passengers Go on Rampage, Force Plane's Emergency Landing - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News



The women were released??? Are you freaking kidding me? They risked the lives of everyone on that plane and they get released? I hope there's more to the story regarding why they were released because this makes no sense.
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Women try to open door mid-flight

Apparently, they were allowed to return to UK and I hope those charges of grievous bodily harm and violating air traffic regulations will be charged in the UK then. I figure they decided to release them because they thought their actions were caused by being drunk (and perhaps whatever the hell they smoked in the toilet) and weren't deemed an "active" threat. Meh. Just hope they get charged for all its worth.
 
They are deciding whether to press charges? Are you kidding me? These women should suffer consequences for their egregious behavior. I am disgusted.
 
Odd story... but I don't see anything done wrong by the authorities. These women will most likely get charged with very serious offences and have to pay the price. The crew did what they were suppose to do in such a situation and did not overreact.

But its another example of how bad many Brits have become.. for some reason they just love drinking to the extreme and acting like pricks. All they are doing is justifying the various stereotyping many Europeans have to Brits.
 
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They are deciding whether to press charges? Are you kidding me? These women should suffer consequences for their egregious behavior. I am disgusted.
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Yeah, that really boggles the mind. One (or did both of them? Already forgot) tried/wanted to open the door to get fresh air while being drunk and had to be forced to the seat and they have to "think" about should they press charges? Though now I'm feeling a bit unclear if the charges they are thinking about are the ones I mentioned before or if this is somehow seperate and related to the company wanting to press for compensation for having to delay their flight. Think it's possible these could be two different things?
 
Ahh been researching this a bit..

Drunk British passengers who tried to open plane door caught on camera - Telegraph

One of the reasons that there is a delay I suspect, is the fact that the airplane was over another country (aka not Germany).. in fact Serbia, which complicates things.. Which countries laws do you throw at the girls?

I have no doubt that they will be charged, but we are talking about up 4 different countries laws, as we do not have as far as I know, EU wide "Air Rage" laws. On top of that Serbia aint part of the EU.

And FYI there was another drunk passenger plane landing in Europe the same week.. It did not get much media attention because it involved a Russian man claiming to be a terrorist when he was refused booze, and the plane landed in the "dark zone".. aka Poland.

They should just ban booze from airports and air planes.. problem solved.

What pisses me of the most are the situations where air cabin crews overreact and get people arrested for no reason. At in the mentioned cases its a no brainer.
 
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They should just ban booze from airports and air planes.. problem solved.
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Yes, pissing off a huge number of passengers who drink on planes - responsibly - because of the minority. That helps. :roll:.
 
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Travelsonic said:
Yes, pissing off a huge number of passengers who drink on planes - responsibly - because of the minority. That helps. :roll:.
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I would think that very few people drink booze on planes.
 
Travelsonic said:
Yes, pissing off a huge number of passengers who drink on planes - responsibly - because of the minority. That helps. :roll:.
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Owners of the planes should be able to set some rules.
It is already done for smoking.
OTOH, some serious CRIMINAL penalties for any behaviour that endangers "trapped" passengers should be established.
 
PeteEU said:
I would think that very few people drink booze on planes.
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Frequently traveling, I can say it is not at all uncommon.

UtahBill said:
Owners of the planes should be able to set some rules.
It is already done for smoking.
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Airlines make money off of alcohol sales, so I doubt a ban would, to some degree at least, work in their favor. Quite frankly, if the airline(s) want to do so fine, but what is being suggested, like what happened with smoking, would have to be done at a govt. level, not at the business level. Somewhat big difference, since there you'd be taking away the choice of the business owners to decide whether or not to serve alcoholic beverages.

Airlines, not the govt, should call the shots on whether or not to serve any alcohol on their planes.
 
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Frequently traveling, I can say it is not at all uncommon.




Airlines make money off of alcohol sales, so I doubt a ban would, to some degree at least, work in their favor. Quite frankly, if the airline(s) want to do so fine, but what is being suggested, like what happened with smoking, would have to be done at a govt. level, not at the business level. Somewhat big difference, since there you'd be taking away the choice of the business owners to decide whether or not to serve alcoholic beverages.

Airlines, not the govt, should call the shots on whether or not to serve any alcohol on their planes.
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The 2 women involved should firstly have their credit cards debited for the expenses related to the diversion, landing, takeoff, etc. Fuel costs alone should be enough to make them think twice before doing such a stupid thing again.
 
Travelsonic said:
Frequently traveling, I can say it is not at all uncommon.
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As have I. Other than the brits, I rarely see anyone buy much on planes.. maybe 1 drink, usually non alcoholic .. its simply too expensive. But this is in Europe.

Airlines make money off of alcohol sales, so I doubt a ban would, to some degree at least, work in their favor. Quite frankly, if the airline(s) want to do so fine, but what is being suggested, like what happened with smoking, would have to be done at a govt. level, not at the business level. Somewhat big difference, since there you'd be taking away the choice of the business owners to decide whether or not to serve alcoholic beverages.

Airlines, not the govt, should call the shots on whether or not to serve any alcohol on their planes.
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I agree, and that was what I was commenting on. Airlines should step up and ban it if its such a problem.

That is until someone brings down a plane because of it .. then watch various governments ban it.. and you try to stop it :)
 
I don't think that when there is a problem, we should jump on the "ban it" boat. In fact, I find it to be rather foolish to immediately want to ban something because a few have not acted responsibly with it. Rather, it is best to note that there are just going to be those whom are not responsible with it and let them take the consequences of their actions. I don't think that drinking on planes is incredibly prevalent, but they must make some amount of money off of it else they wouldn't be selling it. But many people do drink at the airport itself, and why shouldn't we? They make us wait in stupid long security lines, make us go through all sorts of procedures which in the end will have no affect at stopping anything, we spend hours at that damned airport to get a flight. They better be serving beer, if they're gonna be big ol' jerks, they should allow us some beer. I don't like our ban happy attitude as of late, it really will cut down on freedom if we aren't careful. Just be responsible, note that not everyone will but that's no excuse to take from others. And **** flying, jerk airlines can just go cram it with walnuts. I'd rather drive across the country than take a flight.
 
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I have absolutely no fear of flying, however being herded by retards into tiny spaces and then kept at the whims of an invisible power pisses me off- a lot.

And I fly- a lot.

The only reason I haven't gone on a rampage is that they serve liquor on planes.
 
PeteEU said:
As have I. Other than the brits, I rarely see anyone buy much on planes.. maybe 1 drink, usually non alcoholic .. its simply too expensive. But this is in Europe.



I agree, and that was what I was commenting on. Airlines should step up and ban it if its such a problem.

That is until someone brings down a plane because of it .. then watch various governments ban it.. and you try to stop it :)
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That's the thing, it isn't a really big problem. These incidents happen occasionally, and like always the media blows it out of proportion. Airlines should be vigilant, but should use common sense.

Your example is rediculously unrealistic, something I'd expect a propaganda mouthpiece to use.
 
new coup for you said:
The only reason I haven't gone on a rampage is that they serve liquor on planes.
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I can't help but agree. I think they should sell liquor on buses too. I'm surprised we don't hear about stuff like this from bus lines. I'm supposed to take a bus from NYC to ATL sometime in October for a wedding that I'm photographing. The wedding will more then cover my expenses but I'm dreading having to spend 8-12 hours on a bus.
 
Travelsonic said:
That's the thing, it isn't a really big problem. These incidents happen occasionally, and like always the media blows it out of proportion. Airlines should be vigilant, but should use common sense.

Your example is rediculously unrealistic, something I'd expect a propaganda mouthpiece to use.
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Eh? So you are telling me that governments will not react and ban booze on planes if a person that is drunk as a sunk brings down an airplane?

If anyone is blowing it out of proportion its the anti Europe crowd on these boards... most did not even get the fact straight before launching into an attack on Europe.
 
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