V-Flyer

Details can be found here http://www.avherald.com/h?article=43287248&opt=0

Wow :0

That must have been scary for passengers and crew alike - hope the unruly passenger is made an example of !

buns

buns wrote:Wow :0

That must have been scary for passengers and crew alike - hope the unruly passenger is made an example of !

buns

I agree! and how on earth do you get back to blighty from Gander anyway?

tontybear wrote:
I agree! and how on earth do you get back to blighty from Gander anyway?

With difficulty!

swim

There was a passenger chucked off the VS34 here in Antigua last Saturday prior to departure for the same reason, one too many cocktails perhaps !

Glad I wasn't on the flight - if I was the wife when he did eventually get home the locks would have been changed!

We used to stop at Gander to refuel on route to Florida many years ago with Airtours, Its a bloody bleak place!!

Danny

tontybear wrote:

buns wrote:Wow :0

That must have been scary for passengers and crew alike - hope the unruly passenger is made an example of !

buns

I agree! and how on earth do you get back to blighty from Gander anyway?

Who cares ! Serves the pillock right.

Hope he was not in UC

did my geeky thing again !

Looked on expedia and a single from Gander to Man (based on the idiot not realising a return would be cheaper even if he discarded the return sector)on Monday would be £1,295 in Econ.

Assuming that the Candadian Police and Justice system have finished with him by then and IF another airline agrees to carry him ...

Found this CBC report with comemnts from someone who says they were on the plane.

Thanks for finding this Tonty y) y)

You know I just get that feeling that the bloke will regard this all as a bit of a laugh v( v( v(

I retain my initial view that this must have been pretty scary for the passengers and crew and I sincerely hop that he is forced to find surface transport for the remainder of his journey - hopefully after a period (long) on incarceration

buns

Having seen a similar instance, I can say that it is extremely disturbing!
A straight-jacket was used to restrain and prevent further harm to crew and other pax. but that does stop the idiot howling and screaming for the rest of the flight.
Armed police were welcomed aboard at LHR but we still had a longish delay, after the idiot was removed, for witness statements.
Not a pleasant flight!

I would be interested to know how much this kind of diversion actualy costs VS in landing fees and additional fuel etc.

Any ideas?

I found this piece Air rage fines unpaid by foreign offenders

but the distinction between the fines and the compensation orders to reimburse the airline for the costs of landing etc are a bit mixed up.

But two compensation orders for $ 6,200 and $ 16,000 are mentioned (as is a fine of $ 10,000)

Once the Monties are done with him, chances are he will be deported, so he could get a ride home on AC for free.

tontybear wrote:Found this CBC report with comemnts from someone who says they were on the plane.

Not a good situation, but i must admit i did find it a bit amusing when they said they charged him with 'mischief'! What did he do? Let off a stink bomb before pulling the cabin crews hair?!

An update can be founde here with details of the fines imposed.
http://www.avherald.com/h?article=43287248&opt=0

Ended up being a very expensive visit to Florida.

If you include the fare home not much change from getting on for £ 17k - ouch !

Report (and pic) from the CBC website

Thanks for this Tonty y) y)

The combination of fear of flying and excessive alcohol combined to make this a truly scary experience for those on board

buns

It turns out my neighbours were on this flight. They were upstairs in PE, but still claimed it was a pretty unnerving experience to be told that they were making an unscheduled visit to Canada. They say it was all handled very calmly though, which is testament to the a well trained crew.