Drunk granny delays flight
15.08.08
A holiday flight from Edinburgh Airport to Alicante was delayed just prior to departure because of a drunken passenger – a 68-year old great-grandmother, the Scotsman reports.
Elizabeth Lees of Nisbet Street, Chapelhall, was drunk and had to be removed from the plane. At Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday, she was fined £250 after pleading guilty to being drunk on board the Boeing 737 on March 13 this year.
Mrs Lees, who has seven grown-up children and 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, had arrived early at the airport for her two-week holiday and had been drinking, the court heard. The plane's doors had been closed in preparation for take-off, but there was a problem with seating arrangements.
A senior cabin crew member saw that Mrs Lees was under the influence of alcohol and when the captain spoke to her, he saw she was unsteady on her feet and her eyes were red and bloodshot. She was removed from the plane and arrested by airport police.
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