Off duty policeman tackles air rage drunk
03.04.10
A passenger who caused chaos on board a flight from New York to Belfast in what was a frightening air rage incident was apprehended mid-flight by the chairman of the PSNI’s Police Federation, the Belfast Telegraph reports. The man was handcuffed after being tackled by Terry Spence, a serving PSNI officer, who intervened when the passenger turned aggressive and violent towards passengers and cabin crew during a drunken rampage.
The paper reports that passengers on-board the Continental Airlines service from Newark to Belfast International were terrified when the man began screaming obscenities and was threatening to get off the plane, when it was flying 30,000 feet above the Atlantic. Mr Spence, who was off-duty and flying home from holiday, restrained the man, believed to be from west Belfast, when cabin crew were unable to calm him down.
The man was arrested by airport police when the flight arrived at Belfast International Airport last Friday. He has been charged with assault and being drunk and disorderly on board an aircraft. No further details have been released.
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