International flight from Canary Islands diverted to Cork after ‘highly intoxicated’ woman became abusive to cabin crew
Ann Mooney
Updated: 28 Dec 2020, 9:12
AN INTERNATIONAL flight from the Canary Islands to Manchester was diverted to Cork Airport tonight because of an unruly passenger.
The Captain, who was in charge of the flight from Fueteventura, decided to land in Cork after the female passenger became abusive towards the cabin crew.
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He deemed it necessary to do so for the safety of the crew and passengers.
The woman, who was in her early 30’s, was allegedly highly intoxicated.
Gardai boarded the plane and arrested her under Section 48 of the State Airports (Shannon Group) Act, 2014 for offences under section 2A of the Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1973.
Flight diverted to Cork airport after female passenger became abusive
The flight diverted to Cork airport on Sunday night after the Captain determined the behaviour of the passenger was causing a breach of safety for other passengers and crew.
The woman, aged in her 30s, was removed from the aircraft by gardaí after it landed at Cork Airport. File Picture.
Mon, 28 Dec, 2020 - 09:33
Olivia Kelleher
A flight from the Canary Islands to Manchester was diverted to Cork Airport on Sunday night after a female passenger became abusive to the crew and her fellow passengers.
A decision was made to land the flight from Fuerteventura at Cork Airport after the Captain deemed that the behaviour of the passenger, who is aged in her 30s, was causing a beach of safety for the crew and other passengers.
A WOMAN verbally abused cabin crew on a UK flight from the Canaries after a drunken row with her partner with the pilot eventually forced to divert to an Irish airport.
Gemma Campbell (33), who runs her own cleaning business in Manchester in the UK, was fined €1,500 after what Cork District Court was told was totally unacceptable behaviour in which a male flight attendant was subjected to homophobic slurs and other passengers were left very upset by the disturbance.
Campbell of Elston Road, Manchester, appeared before Judge Colm Roberts at a special sitting of Cork District Court arising out of incidents on December 27 when a Manchester-bound flight from the Canaries had to divert to Cork because of an unruly passenger.
A woman is due appear before Cork District Court today after a flight from Fuerteventura to Manchester was diverted to Cork Airport.
The captain in charge of the flight from the Canary Islands decided to land in Cork after an incident on board the aircraft.
Gardai boarded the plane and arrested her under Section 48 of the State Airports (Shannon Group) Act, 2014 for offences under section 2A of the Air Navigation and Transport Act, 1973.
She was taken to Togher Garda Station.
The woman was accompanied by a partner and children on board the plane and they continued on the journey to Manchester.
Air rage passenger fined €1,500 at Cork court
A woman in her thirties has been fined €1,500 after a plane en route from the Canary Islands to Manchester had to be diverted to Cork Airport after she became abusive to the crew and her fellow passengers.
The woman was charged with being intoxicated to such an extent as to give rise to fears that she might endanger herself or other persons on board the flight, contrary to Section 2A (1) and Section 2A (4) of the Air Navigation and Transport Act 1973.
Mon, 28 Dec, 2020 - 22:00
Olivia Kelleher
A British airline passenger in her thirties has been fined €1,500 after a plane en route from the Canary Islands to Manchester had to be diverted to Cork Airport after she became abusive to the crew and her fellow passengers.