Counter Terror Gazette

AIR WATCH – UNRULY PASSENGERS

23 Jun 2011

6 APRIL         CHICAGO

An American Airlines flight, en route from Dallas Ft. Worth to Paris, diverted due to a disruptive passenger on board.

18 APRIL       REYKJAVIK

Disruptive behaviour on board a LOT Polish Airlines flight from Chicago to Warsaw, that involved a flight attendant being hit in the face, resulted in the Captain electing to divert to Reykjavik.

18 APRIL       DA NANG, VIETNAM

A Vietnam Airlines flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City diverted to Da Nang due to bad weather. On the ground, Le Minh Khuong, the head coach of the Vietnam national Taekwondo team, asked to disembark but his request was denied. It is alleged he then became unruly, upgraded himself to Business Class and occupied another passenger’s (who photographed him in it) seat; he was eventually forcibly escorted off the aircraft by Da Nang airport security staff. Le Minh Khuong later claimed he was assaulted and planned to sue the airline.

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