Posted on 01/06/2011 4:32:22 PM PST by 1rudeboy
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) Russia's gold-medal celebration went into overtime. And that prevented them from boarding their flight Thursday morning, a day after they won the World Junior Hockey Championships.
About 30 members of the Russian contingent were asked to get off a Delta Air Lines flight for being unruly as they boarded for takeoff early Thursday morning, an airport spokesman said.
After players and managers spent the day at the Days Hotel across the street - where a front desk clerk said they were ''sleeping it off'' - a team spokesman said the group would fly out in two groups Friday.
A tired-looking Mikhail Zislis, the team's media officer, was getting little rest, though.
''I cannot sleep because everybody in Russia is calling me asking me what's going on,'' Zislis told The Associated Press inside the hotel lobby.
Later, he refuted Delta's claim the group was unruly and accused the crew of overreacting, even after being assured by coach Valeri Bragin that he'd keep his players under control.
''I don't think it was fair,'' Zislis said. ''They didn't want to listen to us.''
The delay means the group will be flying home on Russia's Christmas.
The group had arrived at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport in time for a 6:10 a.m. flight to Atlanta, but was turned back by the flight crew.
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Russians drunk? Naah, can’t be.
That’s showing us how it’s done!
Hockey Players sheeeeeze.
These are teenagers, correct?
The article does say.... “World Junior Hockey Championships.”
So yeah. I’m thinking kids.
I guess later when they’re older... they’ll hold their liquor better.
lolol
No doubt the Russians were drunk and loud — and also without a doubt, we now live in a hyper-vigilent, super-sensitive, politically-correct country, especially when it comes to airtravel.
America has become a silly country with a bunch of touchy feely idiots running it.
Pretty funny video though. I hope that guy recovered.
In all my many international travels, the most obnoxious drunks I've come across are the Swedes. Of course, I haven't spent much time in Russia.
}:-)4
Russians, generally, are too drunk to be obnoxious.
I used to live in cheektowaga when I was 5.
Typical.
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