A drunk passenger who threatened to blow up the plane after he was refused more liquor was jailed for six months.
The 68-year-old Bahraini passenger was on board a flight to Dubai from Bahrain when he became unruly after the air stewardess refused to serve him more liquor. The man also attempted to move from economy class to business class, but was blocked from doing so.
He also claimed to the stewardess that he was carrying explosives, according to the report in 7Days newspaper.
“First he asked me to serve him liquor although he was holding in his hand a beer that he had purchased from the Bahrain airport’s duty free. I refused because he seemed drunk. When he acted rowdily and misbehaved, we immediately warned him that his actions were against the aviation laws. We tried to calm him down. Some of the passengers looked scared when he shouted that he had explosives and that he wanted to blow up the aircraft.
“When I prevented him from walking into the business class, he got angry and pushed me. The accused insisted on being served more alcohol. We tried to restrain him as per the captain’s directives… he stood up and said he wanted to go to the rest room. When he reached the washroom door, he looked towards me and asked me to join him. When I asked if he had any special case that required assistance, he moved his body suggestively,” the stewardess told prosecutors.
The defendant was convicted of posing a risk to the plane’s safety and that of the passengers and sentenced to six months in jail at Dubai Court of First Instance. The judge ordered that he be deported following completion of sentence.
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