A man was arrested and charged after he allegedly sought to open the emergency departure doors Air Asia X MID-FLUGHT PLAN PLAN SATURDAY.
The incident took place on a Sydney flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, According to Australian Federal Police (AFP).
After the man was escorted to a seat in the middle of the aircraft, he allegedly tried to open a different emergency departure door and then braked by the crew of the plane. During the interaction, the man allegedly assaulted one of the employees of the plane.
« The man was restricted by the crew and passengers, during which he allegedly assaulted a member of the airline staff, » police said.
Shadi Taiseer Alsaaydeh, 46, from Jordan, has been accused of two charges of jeopardizing the safety of an aircraft and an assault on the cabin crew. He was arrested by police when the flight landed at Sydney International Airport.
According to police, each crime has a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
Detective AFP SUPT. Davina Copelin said that dangerous aircraft will not be tolerated.
« The actions of this man may have had tragic consequences, and passengers and staff on the plane should not have to put themselves in indisputable, violent or dangerous behavior on flights, » said Copelin.
« The AFP will not hesitate to take action against people who are engaged in criminal behavior on aircraft, especially when this behavior has the potential to jeopardize the safety of passengers, crew or flight itself. »
In a statement, Airasia X said his cabin crew made the necessary measures to protect everyone on board the flight.
« At no point did the safety of the guests or the crew pledged, » finger statement. « Airasia has a zero tolerance policy for inappropriate behavior of any kind. »
At Alsaaydeh’s deposit, his lawyers claimed he had taken two medicines, pseudoefedrina and a sleeping pill, and consumed alcohol before going up the flight, According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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His lawyers say that Alsaaydeh has no memory of the incident.
« I can’t think of anything more scary than someone at 30,000 feet trying to handle the departure doors on a plane, » said magistrate Anthony Spence in court.
Alsaaydeh lawyers told the court that he works for the Jordanian government in nuclear waste management and traveling to Australia to meet with government officials.
« Lord Alsaaydeh tells me that the meeting he came here is tomorrow (April 7) and involves six government officials and the conversation will be around the procedures used in Jordan in terms of transporting these materials, » said the lawyer.
Spence ruled against Alsaaydeh’s bail due to the seriousness of the offense and, for reasons that would be an « unacceptable risk to the community ».
Alsaaydeh will return to the local court of Sydney Downing Center, Australia, on April 8.
The incident occurs after a plane was flying from Bali, Indonesia to Melbourne, Australia was forced to turn around after a passenger tried to open the door.
The plane turned after a « disruptive » passenger tried to open the aircraft door for an hour on March 31, according to Jetstar.
The passenger was removed from the plane by the local Bali authorities, the airline added to the statement.
A flight passenger posted a video on the captain’s social networks directing the situation to passengers.
« There was a lady on the back of the aircraft who tried to physically open the door. She lifted the handle. We have a door warned on the front of the aircraft, » the voice feels telling passengers about the bread system.
« For the security of the aircraft, the possibility of opening the door also flight … Unfortunately, the safest course of the action was to return here and return to Earth. »
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