From the Beeb news website:
Smoker tried to open plane door
A French woman has admitted attempting to open an aeroplane door mid-flight so that she could smoke a cigarette.
Sandrine Helene Sellies, 34, who has a fear of flying, had drunk alcohol and taken sleeping tablets ahead of the flight from Hong Kong to Brisbane.
She was seen on the Cathay Pacific plane walking towards a door with an unlit cigarette and a lighter.
She then began tampering with the emergency exit until she was stopped by a flight attendant.
Defence lawyer Helen Shilton said her client had no memory of what had happened on the flight on Saturday, and that she had a history of sleepwalking.
She pleaded guilty to endangering the safety of an aircraft at Brisbane Magistrates Court and was given a 12-month A$1,000 (?429) good behaviour bond - she will forfeit the money if she commits another offence.
The French tourist was at the start of a three-week holiday in Australia with her husband.
Scary!
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what an excellent reason to ban alcolhol on planes.
dumb woman
dumb woman
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It all be the booze that gets the blame for her actions & the drinkers will be penalised as usual! When it's the over the counter pharmaceuticals that are the real trouble.....(there usually stronger than anything that can be bought on the street)
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Anyone coming back from Aussie in 3 weeks time best make sure she aint on the same plane.
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the fact is, if she wasnt pissed - she wouldt try it
less people would get aggro, no need for it on planes anyway
less people would get aggro, no need for it on planes anyway