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Passenger Accused of Trying to Bite Flight Crew
AP ^ | May 4, 2009

Posted on 05/04/2009 4:58:46 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

A Russian-born woman has been jailed in the U.S. state of Maine after purportedly consuming prescription drugs, wine and liquid soap from the lavatory and scuffling with flight attendants on a London-bound jetliner.

U.S. prosecutors said Galina Rusanova, a British citizen born in Russia, punched and kicked flight attendants and at one point fell to the floor and began "snapping like a dog" while trying to bite a crew member's leg.

Rusanova, who made a court appearance Friday in Bangor, Maine, remained in custody pending a detention hearing Monday in U.S. District Court, where she is charged with assault and interference with a flight crew. If convicted, she faces up to 20 years in prison.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: airtravel; aviation; passenger
Cue up U2's "Party Girl."
1 posted on 05/04/2009 4:58:47 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

“prescription drugs, wine and liquid soap”

That’ll do it.......


2 posted on 05/04/2009 5:02:45 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR. ....Monthly Donors Wanted.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

If passengers on my plane ever tries anything funny you can’t believe how fast you can roll the plane to put them back in their seats ...


3 posted on 05/04/2009 5:02:54 PM PDT by SkyDancer ('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Drinking soap?


4 posted on 05/04/2009 5:04:42 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: freedumb2003

She was confused by Joe Biden’s statement about Swine Flu. She took necessary precautions. /s


5 posted on 05/04/2009 5:06:06 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09".... um, what happened?)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Liquid soap is dangerous stuff!


6 posted on 05/04/2009 5:07:53 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it!)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
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She's apparently quite well known in Great Britan as a socialite.
7 posted on 05/04/2009 5:08:20 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Wow a real party girl. Might have to put a gag on her but... Come on over to my place honey I’ve got some Dial and Whiskey lets party.......LOL. Don’t mix alcohol and cleaning products ....Bad Combo!


8 posted on 05/04/2009 5:16:20 PM PDT by jakerobins
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

It appears that she’s an actress in children’s theatre and an artist. I don’t know about her acting but I guess her art is OK.

I’m thinking she may be an alcoholic.

http://galina-rusanova.com/


9 posted on 05/04/2009 5:18:30 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Liquid soap? What the..?


10 posted on 05/04/2009 5:18:51 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Yes, liquid soap. Sadly it’s the only way I get my pipes clean.


11 posted on 05/04/2009 5:27:25 PM PDT by boocoowell (Mares eat oats, does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Perhaps if they served food in coach class again, she wouldn’t have resorted to drinking soap and snapping like a hungry dog. Just a thought.


12 posted on 05/04/2009 5:50:49 PM PDT by john drake (Roman military maxim; "oderint dum metuant," i.e., "let them hate, as long as they fear.")
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To: cripplecreek

Artist? Russian? Alcoholic? You betcha!


13 posted on 05/04/2009 5:52:08 PM PDT by john drake (Roman military maxim; "oderint dum metuant," i.e., "let them hate, as long as they fear.")
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To: SkyDancer

I hope she is punished for doing what she did. The Flight Crews are there to help people not be abused by them.


14 posted on 05/04/2009 5:53:58 PM PDT by cubreporter (Rush Limbaugh - Truth, honesty and the American Way. Go Rush!!!)
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To: john drake

One of the stories I read said she was on her way to LA to meet a man she met on the internet.


15 posted on 05/04/2009 5:56:17 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: john drake

We don’t depend on the airline to feed us. We pack some fruit and a sandwich...it’s plenty to tide us over until we land. At least this way I know what is in our food and who handled it and...don’t have to worry about the ones who prepared it if their hands were clean or not. Make it simple. Pack your own lunch and then enjoy a dessert of a cookie or something like that.


16 posted on 05/04/2009 5:56:37 PM PDT by cubreporter (Rush Limbaugh - Truth, honesty and the American Way. Go Rush!!!)
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