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Unruly, Urinating Passengers Plague Flights to Amsterdam


AP
05-AUG-99

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Two intoxicated men, including one American, were fined $480 for urinating on passengers and airplane seats while aboard separate flights to Amsterdam, officials said Thursday.

The two incidents happened over the past two weeks on flights by the same airline. Police would not name the carrier or the men, in line with privacy regulations.

While waiting 26 hours in Cairo on July 25 for a flight to the Dutch capital, a Norwegian man consumed excessive amounts of whiskey and vodka, military police spokeswoman Marcha Muller said.

"Once airborne, the man felt the urge to relieve himself and dampened the three nearest seats," Muller said.

A few days later on July 29, an American passenger drank eight cans of beer while airborne before letting down his pants, stumbling through the aircraft with a glass of ale in his hand and finally urinating over three seats and his neighbor's sleeve.

Flight attendants overpowered the man, pulled up his trousers, and alerted authorities at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, where military police are responsible for security.

Dutch military police fined the two men $480 each for unruly behavior. The airline intends to press charges against the American for cleaning costs and disrupting fellow travelers with his "shocking behavior," Muller said.



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