AIR WATCH
17 JANUARY: BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA 29 JANUARY: JACKSONVILLE 26 DECEMBER: DETROIT
In a bizarre incident, an Albanian Airlines flight en In a case of mistaken identity, a Continental Airlines A Nigerian passenger caused a security
route from Tirana to Bologna diverted to Bratislava, flight en route from Newark to Bogota diverted to scare on a Northwest flight operating from
the Slovak capital, a considerable distance off the Jacksonville as the FBI thought that a passenger on Amsterdam to Detroit – the day after another
planned route and almost 40 minutes further the “no-fly” list had managed to board the aircraft. Nigerian, Abdulmutallab, had tried to detonate
away from Tirana than Bologna. The aircraft The passenger had a similar name but different his underwear bomb on the same route. The
had been leased by Albanian Airlines from Air date of birth and, it later emerged, the actual person passenger had allegedly suffered stomach
Slovakia. The cause for the diversion was unclear on the “no fly” list is currently in prison anyway. cramps and locked himself in the toilet; he
with passengers reporting that crewmembers became verbally abusive when passengers and
had said they were diverting to Bratislava as UNRULY PASSENGERS crew became concerned and tried to enter the
they had not been paid, in effect hijacking the toilet. The authorities met the aircraft on arrival,
aircraft for their own financial reasons. Air Slovakia 30 NOVEMBER: JACKSONVILLE but no explosives were found.
claimed that the diversion had been for technical Darrin Becker, 43, had to be restrained on
reasons and that the crew had opted to go to a Continental Airlines flight from Houston to 26 DECEMBER: PALM BEACH
Bratislava in order to reach their maintenance Jacksonville. He initially started singing loudly Ivana Trump, former wife of TV star and property
base. Disgruntled passengers found themselves and refused to quieten down and then started developer Donald Trump, was escorted off a Delta
trapped in Bratislava for more than 24 hours interfering with a flight attendant and became flight awaiting departure for New York. She was,
without knowing why they had been taken there. aggressive in the aircraft’s aisle. allegedly, unhappy with her seat in the First Class
cabin and became abusive towards other passengers
13 DECEMBER: WASHINGTON DC and used profanities to describe some of the children
Sen. Charles Schumer made an inappropriate on board. No action was taken against her even
comment about a US Airways flight attendant though her antics caused a two-hour delay to the flight.
on a flight from New York to Washington DC.
when she asked him to turn off his cellphone.
He later telephoned her to apologise.
15 DECEMBER: SYDNEY
19 JANUARY: PHILADELPHIA Two passengers on Singapore Airlines flight to
A Jewish passenger who started praying, wearing Sydney started a fight over use of space in the
tefillin (phylacteries) strapped to his head and overhead luggage bins.
arm, caused so much concern amongst the
passengers and crew on his Chautauqua Airlines 16 DECEMBER: FORTALEZA, BRAZIL
flight from New York to Louisville that the Captain Two Norwegian men started a fight on a TAP Air
decided to divert to Philadelphia. Portugal flight operating from Rio de Janeiro to 30 DECEMBER: MONTREAL
Lisbon; the aircraft diverted to Fortaleza where An Air Canada flight, en route from Toronto
20 JANUARY: MUNICH the two were taken into custody by the police. to Frankfurt, diverted to Montreal when two
A man’s laptop alarmed for the presence of passengers started a brawl. On the ground,
explosives, but he had picked up the computer 20 DECEMBER: JAIPUR, INDIA one passenger was off-loaded and the airline
and disappeared into the departure terminal A brawl erupted on an Indigo flight en route from intended to let him fly on a later flight. However
before he could be stopped. Parts of Terminal Mumbai to Jaipur. Two girls, travelling in a group, that passenger then became abusive at the
2 were sealed off and searched, and several tried to rest their feet on the seat in front of check-in counter, demanding reimbursement,
hundred people who had already boarded them which was occupied by an Indian passenger and was then arrested.
planes were disembarked and rescreened. returning from Frankfurt. When the man objected,
the girls abused him and slapped him twice. He 1 JANUARY: MEXICO CITY
21 JANUARY: REGGIO CALABRIA, ITALY then slapped them back, prompting the group Alejandra Guzman,
A car with explosives, weapons and facemasks travelling with the girls to join the brawl. a Mexican rock
was found near the southern Italian airport of singer, became
Reggio Calabria. A man was later arrested with 21 DECEMBER: ORLANDO engaged in a row
links to the Ndrangheta mafia. A female passenger on a Southwest Airlines with a passenger
flight, en route from Baltimore to Orlando, who was trying to
25 JANUARY: PERTH reportedly became unruly and urinated openly photograph her on
A suspicious package was found on an Emirates over baggage and on the cabin floor. a Mexicana Click
flight, when it landed from Dubai, prompting flight to Huatulco,
the evacuation of the airport. Four liquid-filled 24 DECEMBER: DELHI prompting the
packages were found inside a bag that was to Six intoxicated passengers on a Jet Airways flight set Captain to return to
have been transferred to a Qantas flight bound to depart for Mumbai were offloaded and one was Mexico City.
for Sydney, arrested after they threatened to hijack the aircraft.
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