Woman Tries To Open Door Midflight To Have A Cigarette
 

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BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- A French woman who is terrified of flying admitted in an Australian court Monday that she drunkenly tried to open an airplane door mid-flight to smoke a cigarette.

Sadrine Helene Sellies, 34, was placed on a good behavior bond after pleading guilty in Brisbane Magistrates Court to endangering the safety of an aircraft.

Sellies was traveling on a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to the east coast city of Brisbane on Saturday when the incident occurred at the start of a three-week Australian vacation with her husband, the court heard.

She walked toward one of the aircraft's emergency exits with an unlit cigarette and a lighter in her hand and began tampering with the door, prosecutors said. But a flight attendant intervened and took Sellies back to her seat.

Sellies was arrested and charged by police on arrival at Brisbane airport.

Defense lawyer Helen Shilton told the court Sellies was terrified of flying and had taken sleeping tablets with alcohol before takeoff.

Shilton said Sellies has no memory of what happened on the flight and that she has a history of sleepwalking.

But Magistrate Gordon Dean sternly warned the woman: "You must understand, if you are on a plane you must behave yourself."

Sellies, who did not speak in court and was aided by a translator, was placed on a 1,000 Australian dollar (US$734; euro623) bond -- meaning she will have to pay that amount if she commits another offense in the next 12 months.

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She has got to post here.

lol holy crap. Sleeping pills+alcohol = bad. mmkay? :1orglaugh

At least she didn't crap on the service cart like that Aregentinian guy did a few years back.

More like a way of life, actually.

I expect they'll give her Australian citizenship and make her Prime Minister in the next election.

what a stunned C u n t

Fucking Retard..

haha I hope she just doesn't fly for a long time. That's funny.

Considering the vast pressure difference at altitude would it even be possible for a human to open an emergency exit door in mid flight?

Why???
Why???
Why???

Why I am more surprised that this does NOT surprise me?

I was on my way to Marseille for a visit last month. When the ticket guy came along the man sitting infront of me decided to pick a fight with him.

The fight was over he wanted to "SIT UP TOP TO HAVE A SMOKE." The argument was very vocal and it must have gone on for 10 minutes.