Drunk woman on Air India Mumbai-London flight jailed after abusing and spitting at crew, says report

A drunk woman on a long haul Mumbai-London Air India flight was jailed for eight months after abusing and spitting at a crew member, reported The Independent.

On a Mumbai-London bound flight, Simone Burns abused the crew of the plane after she was denied a fourth bottle of wine, just an hour into the flight, the report added.

Judge Nicholas Wood of Isleworth Crown Court while sentencing the 50-year old Burns said, “The experience of a drunk and irrational person in the confines of an aircraft is frightening, not least on a long-haul flight and poses a potential risk to safety. You were drunk and obnoxious almost from the beginning to the end. You were abusive, contemptuous and confrontational and used appalling language.”