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Plane Cigarettes

2005 Reader Submission
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Found on BBC.com 21/11/2005 Smoker tried to open plane door

The woman was arrested when the plane landed in Australia.

A French woman has admitted attempting to open an airplane door mid-flight so that she could smoke a cigarette.

Sandrine Helene Sellies, 34, who has a fear of flying, had drunk alcohol and taken sleeping tablets ahead of the flight from Hong Kong to Brisbane.

She was seen on the Cathay Pacific plane walking towards a door with an unlit cigarette and a lighter.

She then began tampering with the emergency exit until she was stopped by a flight attendant.

Defence lawyer Helen Shilton said her client had no memory of what had happened on the flight on Saturday, and that she had a history of sleepwalking.

She pleaded guilty to endangering the safety of an aircraft at Brisbane Magistrates Court and was given a 12-month A$1,000 (£429) good behaviour bond - she will forfeit the money if she commits another offence.

Submitted on 11/21/2005

Submitted by: Gil Gordon
Reference: BBC.COM

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Greg said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I saw this on The Register (referencing the BBC) and was going to submit it myself. She'd taken some sleeping pills and had a drink, but I vote to Definitely Keep as the Australian authorities figured she should've known better so I'm happy to take that as a green light. Had she suceeded there could well have been Bystanders Hurt, but I personally think she deserves an Honourable Mention for her intense stupidity! Peter Buck would approve!


James said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
I debated this one myself, but in the end I will go with Greg as well. The stupidity here is dumbfounding! Hopefully next time she'll go by boat, though I'm sure she'll find a way to sink it...thanks for submitting!


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