A man was imprisoned for six months after hurling racist insults and physically assaulting cabin crew members during a flight from Mexico to Manchester.
A holiday is supposed to be a relaxing, enjoyable experience. The initial journey through the airport and onto the plane can sometimes be stressful, with the potential for delays or issues with security. But once in the air, passengers can start to relax and focus on what they'll get up to on holiday. But not always. The following offenders have inflicted misery on cabin crew, who were simply trying to do their job, and on passengers trying to get to their destination. Here, the M.E.N.
looks back at some of the cases heard recently in Manchester's courts, where passengers ended up before a judge because of their air rage antics. A drunk holidaymaker shouted vile abuse at cabin crew on an eight-hour flight from Mexico back to Manchester Airport. Two off-duty police officers on the TUI flight from Cancun were forced to step in to try to calm self-employed scaffolder Alexander Rogers, 40, who was subsequently handcuffed to a chair. Rogers - who later told police he had six double vodkas before boarding - called one member of cabin crew an 'Arab b****'. The court heard that after being handcuffed, he shouted: 'You can't f******' cuff me. Black Lives Matter. I am not a terrorist. I am not a danger to the plane. I am not a terrorist.' Rogers, from Rochdale, pushed the shoulder of another member of cabin crew and said to her: 'Just f*** off. Get f*****.' A judge, who heard children and families were forced to move seats, called his behaviour 'quite appalling' and said everyone on board was a victim as they couldn't go anywhere at 36,000ft. The captain was even on the verge of diverting the plane, Manchester Crown Court was told. Rogers pleaded guilty to being drunk on board an aircraft; a racially or religiously-aggravated harassment charge and assault by beating. In November, he was jailed for six month
AIR RAGE ASSAULT RACIAL ABUSE DRUNKENNESS COURT CASE
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