Posted on 11/27/2005 11:50:10 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
POSTED: 7:10 am EST November 26, 2005
UPDATED: 12:06 am EST November 28, 2005
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- FBI investigators said Mark McGovern of Orlando was the unruly passenger who caused a United Airlines flight to be diverted to Charlotte.
Authorities said he lit a cigarette, argued with a flight attendant, then urinated in the plane's aisle.
McGovern was taken off flight 1502 in Charlotte over the weekend and questioned by police, spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said.
The man was "acting extremely inappropriately," Urbanski said. "When you want to run a safe airline, we don't tolerate that type of activity on our aircraft."
Flight attendants noticed that McGovern appeared drunk not long after the plane left Orlando, Urbanski told a North Carolina television station. McGovern later lit a cigarette and allegedly began to argue with a flight attendant who asked him to put it out, she said.
He obeyed, but when the flight attendant walked away, he allegedly stood up and urinated, Urbanski told the station.
A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police watch commander referred questions about an in-flight incident to the FBI in Charlotte, which did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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My wife and I forget to leave our lighters at home most of the time, and usually they never get noticed at the airport.
There is no way I could GO with that many people watching.
Obviously , the dude is a first-class wacko scumbag ...I mean , I've been drunk as a skunk , but never would have urinated on a commercial airliner in front of dozens of people . In order to set a precedent , he ought to be banned from flying for 2 years at least . Scum ...
. . .not to mention. . .their airline is intended to 'serve the public'. . .not the animals, fromdown on the farm. . .
those SOB's at TSA did not have a problem removing two new, dry, never used, in original package zippo lighters; but inadvertently left a pack of disposable bic lighters in the luggage.
Those crooks only take what they need and nothing more.
(if you are wondering: the lighters were requests/presents for co-workers in Africa)
I got to believe this Mark McGovern will feel pretty anguished once he sobers up.
It's been a long time since I've seen people drinking heavily on commercial flights. Most veterans know you've got to drink a lot of water to keep hydrated and the alcohol just doesn't help.
You should have placed those in checked baggage. They aren't a prohibited item.
Yep, that explains it.
We sure this is the same guy? The dude from the news story was from Orlando; this guy is apparently from the UK. Doesn't look much like him, either.
That said. . .one's name is important and he seems to depend on his. . .
. . .so hope this tortured Irishman has good friends. . .because he will need them. . .but looking at SMG; it appears he may be a radical/socialist, Irishman;. . .
. . . in which case, if true; he may not have real friends at all. . .and my sympathy is reduced by half. . .
I had them on checked baggage. When I complained to TSA was informed that no lighters of any kind are allowed in checked baggage and carry-ons; however, they could not explain why the zippo's were confiscated and bic lighters were not.
Looks like their could be a 'big mistake' here. . .unless he got a permanent.
. . .is his Father's name. . .George?
Matches?
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