FLIGHT CHAOS
Shocking moment plane window is smashed during mid-air brawl after chaos sparks TWO emergency landings
A SHOCKING brawl on a passenger plane saw a window smashed before four people were arrested in horror scenes caught on video.
What was meant to be a routine regional flight from Cairns to Darwin in Australia ended in two emergency landings and a cabin-full of frustrated travellers.
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In a video of part of the incident, a cluster of rowdy passengers can be seen standing near the aisle when one of them raised a bottle above their head and seemed to strike another passenger.
After the first brawl, the plane turned around and returned to Cairns, where the woman involved was arrested on multiple charges.
The flight took off again, but had to turn around another time due to the same group of unruly passengers brawling.
Three more arrests were made after landing, with an array of charges being made against the disruptive travellers.
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They included intentionally endangering the safety of others, aggravated assault, damage to property, disorderly behaviour in a public place, and contravening a domestic violence order.
Others were charged with commercial drug supply, drug possession, hindering a member of the police, disorderly behaviour and possessing liquor in a restricted area.
Police were seen entering the plane after a plane window was broken.
The airline remains unnamed, but Qantas, Jetstar, Virgin and Airnorth all fly the route taken by the plane.
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A plane from Glasgow to Tenerife had to make an emergency landing in Portugal after a passenger urinated in the cabin and ";terrified children".
Jet2 accused Eric Forrest of “being aggressive, illicitly consuming alcohol, intimidation towards other customers, suspected handling of illegal substances and urinating inside the cabin”.
Holidaymakers were delayed overnight while the plane was deep-cleaned before their flight to the Canary isle the following day.
Forrest said: “I didn’t urinate in the cabin. I poured out a bottle of vodka that I bought in duty free.
“I agree that I was drinking that secretly. I was very much drunk. I was just drinking too much.
“They said I was endangering the aircraft, but I wasn’t. I was already drinking the vodka prior to that, but that’s why I poured it out because I couldn’t drink it.”
When asked by The Scottish Sun’s reporter if he wanted to apologise, Forrest said: “Yes, definitely. I had far too much to drink.”
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