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The flight was headed for London and had taken off from San Francisco.
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A British Airways cabin crew member was arrested after he was found dancing naked in the business class toilet during a flight from San Francisco to London Heathrow on Sunday.
The steward reportedly failed to show up for duty mid-flight, prompting colleagues to search the aircraft after he did not serve meals and drinks on time. They then searched the plane and found him completely naked and dancing up and down in the cabin bathroom, according to a report by the Sun.
“We think the guy popped pills when he was meant to be working. It is an extraordinary thing to do. The plane was cruising at 37,000ft over the Atlantic, but this bloke seemed to be higher than anyone else,” a coworker said, commenting on the incident.
Other crew members quickly threw a spare pair of First Class pyjamas on the nude flight attendant before moving him to the First Class cabin, where he remained for the rest of the ten-and-a-half hour journey.
After landing, the staffer was given medical attention and escorted off the plane in a wheelchair before being arrested by airport police.
The cabin crew member has been suspended from duty while an internal investigation is underway.
The incident comes days after another aviation-related controversy involving a young British former flight attendant. Charlotte May Lee, a 21-year-old from Coulsdon in south London, appeared in a Colombo court on Friday after being accused of smuggling cannabis worth £1.2 million into Sri Lanka.
Lee was arrested at Bandaranaike Airport on May 11 after arriving from Bangkok. Sri Lankan police allegedly found 46 kg of ‘Kush’, a potent synthetic strain of cannabis, in her suitcase.
She was seen in a white dress with her hands behind her back as police escorted her to a prison van outside the court. Reports said she appeared visibly upset and tearful during the hearing.
The former TUI Airways flight attendant was held in a cell at the back of the courtroom and briefly brought to the witness box, though she reportedly struggled to follow the proceedings as they were conducted in Sinhalese, the main language of Sri Lanka.
Police also wheeled in the nearly 50 kg of cannabis she was allegedly caught smuggling as part of their ongoing investigation. Charlotte is expected to appear in court again in two weeks.
Shankhyaneel Sarkar is a senior subeditor at News18. He covers international affairs, where he focuses on breaking news to in-depth analyses. He has over five years of experience during which he has covered sev…Read More
Shankhyaneel Sarkar is a senior subeditor at News18. He covers international affairs, where he focuses on breaking news to in-depth analyses. He has over five years of experience during which he has covered sev… Read More
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