/ 16 January 2001

DRUNKEN PASSENGER THROWN IN THE BRIG

A PASSENGER on a South African Airways (SAA) flight from London to Johannesburg was arrested after he drunkenly harassed a woman and punched a crew member, police and airline sources said on Sunday. The passenger from Durban, whose name was not disclosed, was in custody late Sunday at Kempton Park. An SAA representative said that a woman passenger complained to the crew that the man had harassed her during Saturday’s flight. When a flight attendant approached the man, he punched him in the ribs. The pilot ordered that the man be subdued for the rest of the flight, and he was handcuffed by the crew. He is to appear before a magistrate today. – AFP