Police say the drunk woman, 48, began ‘swearing blue murder’ and throwing food
at staff on the Thomson Airlines flight because she wanted cigarettes.
A plane had to be diverted to Gatwick Airport last night after a woman allegedly unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade and threw her prosthetic leg at cabin crew.
A Sussex police spokesman said trouble started when the woman, 48, began “swearing blue murder” and throwing food at staff on the Thomson Airlines flight 297.
The captain became so alarmed by her behaviour that he diverted the plane, which was flying from Enfidha in Tunisia and destined for Edinburgh, to Gatwick.
The woman, who is unemployed and from Edinburgh, was arrested by police at the North Terminal at 10.22pm last night.
She was taken to Crawley police station where she is being quizzed by officers on suspicion of using threatening behaviour
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I’ll say it.
I’m sure she was not much of a threat to the crew as she didn’t have a leg to stand on.
Maybe so Azygos but she had a leg up on them.
What is “swearing blue murder”? Is that similar to “screaming bloody murder” or “swearing a blue streak” or is it a combination of the two?
Unemployed? Did the taxpayers pay for her air fare?
She was unarmed, but she’s more dangerous when she’s unlegged.
Was it Paul McCartney’s ex-wife, Heather? 😉
I cannot for the life of me understand why there are still bars in airports. Next, they’ll start having “Convert To islam Classes While You Wait For Your Flight!”
Idiocy.
“swearing blue murder” is an English colloquialism , feffing and jeffing ,kicking off ,swearing like a trooper ,etc [ed uk ]
She was hopping mad.
“She wanted a parachute to jump off the plane.”
What?
Why the hell didn’t they give her one?
Problem solved!
LOL norman. The customer is always right.