Woman disrupts flight, gets £85,000 bill

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Metro: Airline sends £85,000 bill to woman who tried to open emergency doors mid-flight

"A passenger who allegedly caused two RAF jets to be scrambled to escort a plane back to Stansted Airport has been sent an £85,000 bill by the airline.

Chloe Haines, 25, is accused by Jet2 of a ‘catalogue of aggressive, abusive and dangerous behaviour’ on a flight bound for Dalaman in Turkey, including trying to open the aircraft doors during the flight.

The flight had to be escorted back to Stansted Airport by two Typhoon fighter jets while she was restrained by cabin crew and customers.

A former bouncer who tackled her to the ground said she kicked, punched and screamed at the stewards...."

No specified in the online version, but the printed edition states £85k is for "fuel, diversions and delays." She's also got a lifetime ban from the airline.
 
The Great Zaganza said:
You can get a fighter escort for only £85,000 ?

good to know.
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I'm not sure she's being charged for the RAF is she? I thought that was just the cost of turning the plane around? (which is an expensive business, with fuel costs, an unplanned landing and take off (and everything in between) and the plane may have had to drop fuel to land.
 
Information Analyst said:
Metro: Airline sends £85,000 bill to woman who tried to open emergency doors mid-flight

"A passenger who allegedly caused two RAF jets to be scrambled to escort a plane back to Stansted Airport has been sent an £85,000 bill by the airline.

Chloe Haines, 25, is accused by Jet2 of a ‘catalogue of aggressive, abusive and dangerous behaviour’ on a flight bound for Dalaman in Turkey, including trying to open the aircraft doors during the flight.

The flight had to be escorted back to Stansted Airport by two Typhoon fighter jets while she was restrained by cabin crew and customers.

A former bouncer who tackled her to the ground said she kicked, punched and screamed at the stewards...."

No specified in the online version, but the printed edition states £85k is for "fuel, diversions and delays." She's also got a lifetime ban from the airline.
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Sounds like a mental health issue to me.
 
3point14 said:
I suspect she has, er, issues.
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Belz... said:
Sounds like a mental health issue to me.
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This leads me to suspect drugs:
A former bouncer who tackled her to the ground said she kicked, punched and screamed at the stewards. He said: ‘She was only petite but she had the strength of a fully-grown man. The only time I’ve seen anything like that was when someone had just dropped acid, she had super strength.’
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Jungle Jim said:
Why the fighter escort? What could they have possibly done?
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If the aircraft was in difficulty and lost, the interceptors could have helped lead it to a safe airfield. Had the aircraft been taken over by hijackers they could have brought it down before it was flown into an office building.
 
She's out on BAIL?

Wow. I was under the impression that saying, "That's da bomb!" on an airplane would get one tossed in a black site.

I wonder what the hell her problem was. Obviously, they must have determined that she wasn't a terrorist following her arrest. Drugs, I assume.

Sidenote: I noticed another detail in that article - it said that her previous fine for drunk driving was the equivalent of 212 American dollars? Is that a misprint? I believe that fines for drunk driving here are a LOT higher. Like, a LOT LOT higher.
 
Pope130 said:
If the aircraft was in difficulty and lost, the interceptors could have helped lead it to a safe airfield. Had the aircraft been taken over by hijackers they could have brought it down before it was flown into an office building.
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Thank you for the reply. Yes, I understand that an escort might be handy if a plane is lost or has been taken over by hijackers. Neither of these incidents occurred. In this case it seems unnecessary to send an escort.
 
Jungle Jim said:
Thank you for the reply. Yes, I understand that an escort might be handy if a plane is lost or has been taken over by hijackers. Neither of these incidents occurred. In this case it seems unnecessary to send an escort.
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I feel certain that "inept hijacker" (or perhaps "inept terrorist") seemed like a possibility to the people on the plane. Who tries to open the freaking door while a passenger plane is in flight?
 
Jungle Jim said:
Thank you for the reply. Yes, I understand that an escort might be handy if a plane is lost or has been taken over by hijackers. Neither of these incidents occurred. In this case it seems unnecessary to send an escort.
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I suspect they were operating on the "Better safe than sorry." model.
 
Jungle Jim said:
Thank you for the reply. Yes, I understand that an escort might be handy if a plane is lost or has been taken over by hijackers. Neither of these incidents occurred. In this case it seems unnecessary to send an escort.
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In which direction would you rather be wrong?
 
Jungle Jim said:
Thank you for the reply. Yes, I understand that an escort might be handy if a plane is lost or has been taken over by hijackers. Neither of these incidents occurred. In this case it seems unnecessary to send an escort.
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How long do you think it takes to figure all that out and make sure everything is under control and all the troublemakers have been found and subdued?

Do you really want air forces to wait and see, before scrambling to intercept? I don't.
 
In the Good Samaritan department, the married couple who helped subdue crazy lady are complaining that the airline isn't sharing the fine with them.

May I suggest a t-shirt for them:
The RAF Scrambled Two Fighters
and All I Got Was This Lousy Tee Shirt

They're quoted by the always-reliable Sun as being proud of being heroes but saying that the airline should give them part of the "fine".

Nice to see altruism is still with us. (The airline could've at least comped their tickets, as they should've with everyone on the flight, but there was no "fine". Airlines don't have the power to fine. They sent her a bill for their costs.)
 
Jungle Jim said:
Thank you for the reply. Yes, I understand that an escort might be handy if a plane is lost or has been taken over by hijackers. Neither of these incidents occurred. In this case it seems unnecessary to send an escort.
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Pope130 said:
I suspect they were operating on the "Better safe than sorry." model.
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It's training for the fighter pilots anyway. They fly all kinds of training missions anyway that have no other purpose than to keep everyone involved "in practice" so I imagine from the RAF's perspective it was not an unwelcome mission. In fact it's like practice in case the real thing ever happens.
 
isissxn said:
She's out on BAIL?

Wow. I was under the impression that saying, "That's da bomb!" on an airplane would get one tossed in a black site.

I wonder what the hell her problem was. Obviously, they must have determined that she wasn't a terrorist following her arrest. Drugs, I assume.

Sidenote: I noticed another detail in that article - it said that her previous fine for drunk driving was the equivalent of 212 American dollars? Is that a misprint? I believe that fines for drunk driving here are a LOT higher. Like, a LOT LOT higher.
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$212? I've had speeding tickets that cost that much.
 
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