The man was charged with affecting safety in an offensive or disorderly manner
A 53-year-old passenger on an Air New Zealand flight has been fined and charged after urinating into a cup during a delayed deplaning. The incident occurred on an Air New Zealand flight from Auckland to Sydney Airport on December 30 last year. thing the report said.
The incident only came to public attention when a passenger in the same row said she reported the behavior to cabin crew. Notably, a woman named Holly and her 15-year-old daughter were seated in the aisle and middle seats while a man in the window seat (whose name has not been released) was urinating in a cup .
“We heard him do it [urinate]. There was no doubt what the sound was, I just looked directly at my daughter and my daughter looked directly at me. What happened is very obvious. So, yes, he pulled out his naked penis at least three times next to us. It gave me goosebumps,” Holly said.
The passenger said the plane had been sitting on the tarmac waiting to be assigned a gate for about 20 minutes when she heard the man urinating in a cup.
“Because I guessed we had moved, he stood up behind us with another filled cup in his hand. I guessed he wanted to empty it into the toilet. Then, as he walked, he had drank Very drunk, and he tripped and spilled a lot of urine on the flight attendant at the back of the plane. And then he went into the restroom and we obviously told them what happened, or what we thought happened, and then he Drinking this cup of urine and having half of it spilled on her solidified that fact,” she added.
Holly said the flight was further delayed pending the arrival of the Australian Federal Police.An Australian Federal Police (AFP) spokesman told 1 news Police removed the passenger from the plane for disruptive behavior.
Australian Federal Police told east-west travel The man was charged with affecting safety in an offensive or disorderly manner. A Sydney court also fined the man A$600 ($395) for his offensive behaviour.
Air New Zealand says it bans between five and 10 passengers a month for disruptive behavior, including drunkenness.
