Woman faces criminal charge after mid-flight drama
Passengers on a British Airways’ flight to Boston restrained a woman after she allegedly tried to open one of the exit doors mid-air.
The woman, who is believed to be in her 30s, was arrested when the flight landed at Logan International Airport.
Authorities said the incident on Flight 213, which had departed Heathrow at 11.57 yesterday, was ‘a case of unruly behaviour’ and there was no known connection to terrorism.
The woman, they said, was ‘apparently intoxicated’ and is likely to face a criminal charge of interfering with a flight crew.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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