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BreakingNews.ie
13-06-2025
- BreakingNews.ie
Insurance broker spared jail and record after smoke alarm triggered on flight to Dublin
An insurance broker who triggered a smoke alarm on a London Stansted—Dublin flight after aggressively ignoring cabin crew just before takeoff has been spared jail and a criminal record. Father of two, William Horn, 29, of Stone Rings Lane, Harrowgate, England, pleaded guilty on June 2nd to charges under the Air Navigation and Transport Act following his arrest the previous day at Terminal 1, Dublin Airport. Advertisement Judge John Brennan had said that if Horn donated €500 to a Dublin charity which has assisted people affected by homelessness and addiction, he would be spared a criminal record. The judge warned that failure to pay would result in recorded convictions and fines totalling €800. Horn was released on €300 bail and excused from attending when the case resumed. Judge John King noted his colleague's order and was shown a receipt of payment by defence solicitor Edward Bradbury. Advertisement He applied the Probation of Offenders Act. Earlier, airport-based Garda Sandip Shrestha said he charged the accused with offensive behaviour on the Ryanair flight and setting off the smoke alarm, and the accused replied, 'You are chatting shit'. Judge John Brennan heard that Horn came to Ireland for a birthday party, which he missed by being held for the night in Garda custody before his court hearing. Garda Shreshta said on June 1st, he received a call from cabin crew about 'a disruptive passenger' on the flight. Garda Shreshta learned that Horn was in the toilet, and 'a plume of smoke set off the smoke alarm inside the plane'. Advertisement The captain also confirmed to the garda that the alarm was also activated in the cockpit. Judge Brennan heard that it started in Stansted when the aircraft was taxiing to the runway. The seatbelt signs were activated, but Horn 'ignored the cabin crew's instructions and went to the toilet, and walked by the cabin crew in an aggressive manner'. Defence solicitor Edward Bradbury told the court his client, who remained silent during the hearing, was pleading guilty and from his perspective, it had been 'somewhat an ordeal and in his own mind a misunderstanding'. Advertisement The garda agreed with Mr Bradbury that the aircraft was about to take off when Horn decided to go to the toilet. The accused had no prior convictions in Ireland. Ireland Shop assistants plead guilty to major fraud at Co... Read More Mr Bradbury said his client has been 'chastened' by this ordeal. The court heard there was no evidence of intoxication, and Horn insisted he was not smoking in the toilet. However, the solicitor acknowledged that, at the very least, the issue had a smattering of recklessness all over it. The solicitor said it happened when the aircraft was taxiing for take-off, which was aggravating circumstances for the flight attendants. Judge Brennan had said it happened in a confined environment where people were vulnerable, but on the scale of these offences, it ranked at the lower end.
BBC News
03-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Dublin Airport: Plane passenger arrested after officer attacked
A garda (Irish police) officer has been subjected to a "sustained" assault after boarding a US flight in Dublin to deal with a report of a disruptive were called in on Tuesday morning by the crew of the United Airlines flight which was travelled from Newark to assault began when officers approached the passenger, a man in his 40s. Gardaí said they used pepper spray to stop the attack but the suspect fled the aircraft. A short time later they made an arrest. The man was charged with assault and offences under the Air Navigation and Transport injured garda officer was treated in hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Yahoo
easyJet flight to Manchester diverts to Germany after woman ‘screams about bomb and grabs emergency exit'
A disruptive passenger caused an easyJet flight travelling to the UK from Turkey to unexpectedly divert to Germany. Travellers catching the late night flight from Dalaman to Manchester Airport found their flight disrupted by an 'erratic' woman, who tried to grab the emergency exit on the flight. The woman screamed there was a bomb on the flight before grabbing the emergency exit door and reaching for life jackets, according to the Manchester Evening News. A passenger sitting close to the emergency exit told the publication: 'Once the plane had took off, she began to run up and down the plane screaming about how it was going down and there was a bomb. "She also tried to get life jackets and oxygen masks out." The newspaper reported she was 'wrestled away' by three men before the flight made an emergency landing. FlightRadar showed that a plane due to leave Dalaman at 11pm on Saturday (24 May) instead departed not long after midnight and was diverted to Frankfurt around 1.30am, when emergency services boarded the flight. Passengers were then kept on board the flight for a number of hours before being allowed to leave for the airport around 5am. An easyJet spokesperson said: "Flight EZY2148 from Dalaman to Manchester on 25 May diverted to Frankfurt due to a passenger behaving disruptively onboard. Unfortunately, due to the airport curfew, the flight had to be delayed overnight and is planned to continue to Manchester today. 'Due to limited airport ground handling availability overnight, we are aware that customers were required to remain onboard for longer than usual before they could disembark and we did everything we could to mitigate the impact of the delay. As there was unfortunately limited hotel availability in the area, some customers stayed in the terminal where we provided refreshment vouchers to help make them as comfortable as possible. 'easyJet's cabin crew are trained to assess and evaluate all situations and to act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other passengers is not compromised at any time. Whilst such incidents are rare we take them very seriously and do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour onboard. "The safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew is easyJet's highest priority.' German authorities have launched an investigation into the matter.
The Independent
25-05-2025
- The Independent
easyJet flight to Manchester diverts to Germany after woman ‘screams about bomb and grabs emergency exit'
A disruptive passenger caused an easyJet flight travelling to the UK from Turkey to unexpectedly divert to Germany. Travellers catching the late night flight from Dalaman to Manchester Airport found their flight disrupted by an 'erratic' woman, who tried to grab the emergency exit on the flight. The woman screamed there was a bomb on the flight before grabbing the emergency exit door and reaching for life jackets, according to the Manchester Evening News. A passenger sitting close to the emergency exit told the publication: 'Once the plane had took off, she began to run up and down the plane screaming about how it was going down and there was a bomb. "She also tried to get life jackets and oxygen masks out." The newspaper reported she was 'wrestled away' by three men before the flight made an emergency landing. FlightRadar showed that a plane due to leave Dalaman at 11pm on Saturday (24 May) instead departed not long after midnight and was diverted to Frankfurt around 1.30am, when emergency services boarded the flight. Passengers were then kept on board the flight for a number of hours before being allowed to leave for the airport around 5am. An easyJet spokesperson said: "Flight EZY2148 from Dalaman to Manchester on 25 May diverted to Frankfurt due to a passenger behaving disruptively onboard. Unfortunately, due to the airport curfew, the flight had to be delayed overnight and is planned to continue to Manchester today. 'Due to limited airport ground handling availability overnight, we are aware that customers were required to remain onboard for longer than usual before they could disembark and we did everything we could to mitigate the impact of the delay. As there was unfortunately limited hotel availability in the area, some customers stayed in the terminal where we provided refreshment vouchers to help make them as comfortable as possible. 'easyJet's cabin crew are trained to assess and evaluate all situations and to act quickly and appropriately to ensure that the safety of the flight and other passengers is not compromised at any time. Whilst such incidents are rare we take them very seriously and do not tolerate abusive or threatening behaviour onboard. "The safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew is easyJet's highest priority.' German authorities have launched an investigation into the matter.
