Jump to content

Those funny French folks..........


deuces wild
 Share

Recommended Posts

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- A French woman who is terrified of flying admitted in an Australian court Monday that she drunkenly tried to open an airplane door mid-flight to smoke a cigarette.

Sadrine Helene Sellies, 34, was placed on a good behavior bond after pleading guilty in Brisbane Magistrates Court to endangering the safety of an aircraft.

Sellies was traveling on a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to the east coast city of Brisbane on Saturday when the incident occurred at the start of a three-week Australian vacation with her husband, the court heard.

She walked toward one of the aircraft's emergency exits with an unlit cigarette and a lighter in her hand and began tampering with the door, prosecutors said. But a flight attendant intervened and took Sellies back to her seat.

http://tinyurl.com/baqca

Those darn French folks....... :roflmao:

Link to comment
Share on other sites

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- A French woman who is terrified of flying admitted in an Australian court Monday that she drunkenly tried to open an airplane door mid-flight to smoke a cigarette.

Sadrine Helene Sellies, 34, was placed on a good behavior bond after pleading guilty in Brisbane Magistrates Court to endangering the safety of an aircraft.

Sellies was traveling on a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to the east coast city of Brisbane on Saturday when the incident occurred at the start of a three-week Australian vacation with her husband, the court heard.

She walked toward one of the aircraft's emergency exits with an unlit cigarette and a lighter in her hand and began tampering with the door, prosecutors said. But a flight attendant intervened and took Sellies back to her seat.

http://tinyurl.com/baqca

Those darn French folks....... :roflmao:

OMG That's all you need 30-odd thousand feet up!!

post-100-1132729804_thumb.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Behaviour like that isn't, unfortunately, reserved for the French.

Some incidents that my son in law relates to me makes me wonder how he dare get on to an aircraft, never mind drive the thing.

This is just one singled out from many, many occurences that happen on an almost daily basis. Fortunately, the doors cannot be opened in flight so there is no immediate danger there but just the fact of being intoxicated and misbehaving is an inherent danger to an aircraft in flight. Wrist and ankle restraints (large nylon cable ties) are now standard flight inventory with many airlines.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

 Share

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue. Privacy Policy