Ryanair Flight attendants closing the door of a Boeing 737-800. (Getty)
Back in June, a drunk Ryanair passenger started to freak out, and attempted to open the aircraft door in the middle of a flight from Riga to London.
The man had finished an entire liter of vodka and a couple of beers, and it took two professional boxers to get him away from the door and pin him to the ground.
The plane ended up making an emergency landing in Sweden to dispose of their drunk cargo, which means it was up to a Swedish judge to sentence the drunkard. The judge handed him an 8 month sentence, and a substantial fine, payable to Ryanair.
The man claims he can't remember any of the incident, and blames it all on his fear of flying. The Swedish prosecutor didn't buy it, and is actually appealing the sentence as he feels it is too light. Similar cases ended up with about 18 month sentences.
The good news is that aircraft doors are virtually impossible to open midflight due to the pressure difference between the outside air and cabin.
Experiences with body odour and overly chatty seat-mates leave many air travellers peering down the aisle in trepidation, wondering who will squash into the seat next to theirs. Now there's another travel companion to fear: the one with snakes taped to his chest. It seems unbelievable that a man with 14 pythons and ten geckos strapped to his body ever made it through airport security scans, but he did. It wasn't until the passenger arrived in Norway and a tarantula was spotted in his luggage that customs officials became suspicious. The animals, with a retail value of $10,000, have been seized and the man arrested.
Experiences with body odour and overly chatty seat-mates leave many air travellers peering down the aisle in trepidation, wondering who will squash into the seat next to theirs. Now there's another travel companion to fear: the one with snakes taped to his chest. It seems unbelievable that a man with 14 pythons and ten geckos strapped to his body ever made it through airport security scans, but he did. It wasn't until the passenger arrived in Norway and a tarantula was spotted in his luggage that customs officials became suspicious. The animals, with a retail value of $10,000, have been seized and the man arrested.
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Seventeen British men arrested for wearing nuns' habits and accused of offensive behaviour were freed by a court on the Greek island of Crete. The men had been celebrating a stag night while wearing mini-habits and sexy woman's lingerie.
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A New Zealand couple got quite the scare when they awoke to find an unwanted naked guest in their bed. The man had apparently hooked up with someone the night before and then decided to take a stroll...
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Tourists who want to promote corruption and violence in Latin America can now enjoy the world's first cocaine bar in Bolivia. Visitors can order the drug with their drinks, the latter arriving with CD cases and straws. While cocaine is illegal in the country, Bolivia's notoriously corrupt officials and the lax attitude of its capital city have fuelled a growing drug tourism industry. Bottled water is complimentary.
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An overeager crowd in the Hungarian capital thwarted low-cost airline Wizz Air's attempt to release 1,000 balloons for its fifth anniversary celebrations when they caught wind of the freebies attached. "Someone popped one of the balloons, hoping to get the gift coupon that was attached to it," Wizz Air communications director Natasa Kazmer said. "As if on cue, the entire crowd attacked the net."
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