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I Can Quit Whenever I Want
Nov. 21st, 2005 01:21 pmSmoker tried to open plane door (BBC)
'A French woman has admitted attempting to open an aeroplane door mid-flight so that she could smoke a cigarette.
'Sandrine Helene Sellies, 34, who has a fear of flying, had drunk alcohol and taken sleeping tablets ahead of the flight from Hong Kong to Brisbane. She was seen on the Cathay Pacific plane walking towards a door with an unlit cigarette and a lighter. She then began tampering with the emergency exit until she was stopped by a flight attendant.
'Defence lawyer Helen Shilton said her client had no memory of what had happened on the flight on Saturday, and that she had a history of sleepwalking. She pleaded guilty to endangering the safety of an aircraft at Brisbane Magistrates Court and was given a 12-month A$1,000 (£429) good behaviour bond - she will forfeit the money if she commits another offence.'
And who could blame her, really? As John Waters would say, who can sit through the length of a flight, especially an international flight, and not smoke a cigarette?
'A French woman has admitted attempting to open an aeroplane door mid-flight so that she could smoke a cigarette.
'Sandrine Helene Sellies, 34, who has a fear of flying, had drunk alcohol and taken sleeping tablets ahead of the flight from Hong Kong to Brisbane. She was seen on the Cathay Pacific plane walking towards a door with an unlit cigarette and a lighter. She then began tampering with the emergency exit until she was stopped by a flight attendant.
'Defence lawyer Helen Shilton said her client had no memory of what had happened on the flight on Saturday, and that she had a history of sleepwalking. She pleaded guilty to endangering the safety of an aircraft at Brisbane Magistrates Court and was given a 12-month A$1,000 (£429) good behaviour bond - she will forfeit the money if she commits another offence.'
And who could blame her, really? As John Waters would say, who can sit through the length of a flight, especially an international flight, and not smoke a cigarette?
