Air Rage Court Sentences
From the DT this week:. .. ."A WOMAN who tried to open the door of a Boeing 757 as it flew towards Britain at 30,000ft with 200 people on board has been jailed for four months.. .. .Charmain Pitt, 26, a former heroin addict, of Thornaby, Teesside, had drunk several pints of lager and taken eight valium tablets, Newcastle upon Tyne crown court heard. She attacked passengers, abused the crew and demanded that the pilot telephone her boyfriend to tell him when the JMC flight from Majorca was due to land at Newcastle. The crew managed to restrain her, while the pilot alerted ground staff.. .. .Pitt admitted endangering the lives of passengers and interfering with the crew.". .. .and.......... .. ."A JUDGE jailed an airline passenger who made a drunken assault on two stewardesses during a flight to Ibiza.. .. .Jonathan Bennett, 29, of Newcastle upon Tyne, was jailed for 15 months at Hove Crown Court, East Sussex, yesterday."