- An Air New Zealand passenger has been fined for urinating in a cup, Stuff has reported.
- The flight lasted about 20 minutes while waiting for the gate on the tarmac at Sydney Airport.
- The mother said she and her daughter, 15, were sitting next to the man when he exposed himself.
A passenger on an Air New Zealand flight from Auckland to Sydney has been fined for urinating in a cup after getting off the plane late.
The incident happened in December, but only recently became public knowledge after New Zealand news site Stuff reported that a passenger named Holly who was in the same row said she had reported the incident to a flight attendant. Now you can.
A Sydney court fined a 53-year-old man 600 Australian dollars (about 39,500 yen) for his offensive behavior, officials told Stuff on Friday.
It was the latest episode in a growing trend of malicious behavior on airplanes.
Holly and her 15-year-old daughter were sitting in the aisle and center seats when an unidentified man sitting in a window seat began urinating into a cup.
After landing, the flight waited on the tarmac for approximately 20 minutes to be assigned a gate.
Holly told staff: “There was nothing wrong with the sound of it. I just looked straight at my daughter and she looked straight at me. At least three times he looked at me naked next to us. He pulled his penis out,” he said.
She and her daughter then went to the back of the plane and told the flight attendant what was happening, Stuff reported.
Holly said she believed the man had probably drunk too much alcohol and decided to dump his urine in the toilet.
However, she said, “He was clearly quite intoxicated at this point as he was walking. He tripped and spilled a large amount of urine on the flight attendant who was also at the back of the plane.”
After the incident, the plane was further delayed awaiting the arrival of Australian Federal Police.
Police escorted the man, Holly and her daughter from the plane. “We felt humiliated,” Holly said.
According to a December report from Business Insider, incidents of unruly anti-social behavior on airplanes are on the rise.
According to the latest statistics, worldwide passenger accident reports increased from 1 per 835 flights in 2021 to 1 per 568 flights in 2022. data Published by the International Air Transport Association.
Aviation security expert Jeffrey Price told BI. Natalie Moussi 'The stress of air travel', 'Passengers are not consistently informed about what's happening', severe flight delays, not enough legroom on plane seats, travelers taking their seats until the last one Being reclined and “in some cases arbitrary rules devised by the crew” could all “contribute to the problem.”
On Sunday, in another report of unruly behavior, a man on board a KM Malta Airlines flight from Berlin to Malta ignored a flight attendant's order to go to the toilet until he removed his seatbelt. I urinated on the floor of the plane.
The suspect, Andreas Heise, 49, was arrested when the plane landed. He admitted his guilt in court and said he regrets his drunken actions.
Holly also lodged a formal complaint with Air New Zealand, which responded three months later and after numerous follow-up inquiries, saying compensation was not an option.
She said her daughter is now nervous about flying alone.
Air New Zealand's chief operational integrity and safety officer David Morgan told staff: “We will not tolerate abhorrent behavior that affects other customers or staff.”
Mr Morgan said Air New Zealand bans between five and 10 customers from entering the country each month for disruptive and unacceptable behavior, including drunkenness.
Vance Hilderman, CEO of aviation consulting firm AFuzion, told BI that inappropriate behavior by airline passengers is “unfortunately” the “new normal.”
Business Insider has contacted Air New Zealand and is awaiting a response.
