Aeroplane passengers screamed in horror
Aeroplane passengers screamed in horror as a drunken woman took a bite out of the face of her partner at 35,000ft. Andrew Gilmour, 43, and Jacqueline Smith, of Kirby Road, Coventry, had to be separated as the pilot of the Thomas Cook flight from Hurghada, Egypt, with up to 233 passengers on board, was forced to reroute to Lyon. Terrified witnesses on the Boeing 757 said the couple began arguing soon after they boarded the Manchester-bound flight.
They began swearing at each other and punches were thrown at 30,000ft before the woman sunk her teeth into her partner's cheek. A spokesman for French air transport police in Lyon said the couple were arrested late Tuesday evening on touchdown and were released without charge the following morning. He said: "They were drunk and fighting each other on the plane. The woman bit the man on the face but neither of them suffered major injuries." No age details were available for Ms Smith, he added.
The crew of Flight TCX 573L was said to have attempted to restrain the warring partners before two female off-duty police officers stepped in. The rest of the passengers arrived back at Manchester Airport in the early hours of Wednesday, more than three hours later than scheduled. A Thomas Cook spokesperson added: "As this is now a police matter we are unable to comment further.
We operate a zero tolerance policy to disruptive or violent passenger behaviour on our flights and will not tolerate any actions which may affect passenger health, safety and wellbeing." One passenger, who witnessed the fight, told the Daily Mirror: "It escalated very quickly. The couple who had appeared to be very drunk, began arguing. "Suddenly they were screaming at each other and swearing. Punches were being thrown and young children were watching horrified. They were yanking each other's hair and trying to scratch their eyes out. "When the woman bit her partner's face there was blood everywhere and people gasped in disgust. Things only calmed down when some off-duty officers stepped in and restrained them." 16/05/08 METRO
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