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The man was arrested and charged after he allegedly tried to open an emergency door output Air Asia X The airplane in the middle of the flight twice on Saturday.
The incident happened on a flight related to Sydney from Kual Lumpur in Malaysia, According to the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
After being accompanied by a headquarters in the middle of an aircraft, he allegedly tried to open a different emergency output for an emergency door and then restrained the plane crew. During the interaction, the man allegedly attacked one of the plane employees.
“The man was then restrained by a crew and passengers, during which he allegedly attacked a member of the airline staff,” police said.
Shadi Taiseer Alsaaydeh, 46, from Jordan, is charged with two points of threatening aircraft safety and one point of attack on the cabin. Police arrested him when the flight landed at the Sydney International Airport.
According to the police, each offense carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
AFP detective that plays the SUPT. Davin Copelin said dangerous behavior in aircraft would not be tolerated.
“The actions of this man could have tragic consequences, and passengers and aircraft staff should not oppose rude, violent or dangerous flight behavior,” Copelin said.
“AFP will not hesitate to take measures against people dealing with criminal behavior in aircraft, especially where this behavior can endanger the safety of passengers, crews or flight itself.”
In a statement, Airasia X said his cabin crew took the necessary steps needed to protect everything on the flight ship.
“At no point was the safety of guests or compromised crews,” statement specified. “Airasia has a zero tolerance of politics for inappropriate behavior of any kind.”
In the ALSAAAYDEH warranty request, his lawyers claimed he took two drugs, pseudoephedrine and sleeping tablet and consumed alcohol before boarding, According to the Australian Corporation for Radiodiffus.
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His lawyers claim that Alsaaydeh has no memory of the incident.
“I can’t remember anything scary of someone at 30,000 feet trying to manipulate the output door on the plane,” Judge Anthony Spence said in court.
ALSAAAYDEHA lawyers told the court that he was working for a Jordan government in nuclear waste management and traveled to Australia to meet with government officials.
“Mr. AlsaayDeh tells me that the meeting he came here was tomorrow (April 7) and includes six government officials and the conversation will be around the procedures used in Jordan regarding the transportation of these materials,” the lawyer said.
Spence ruled against the approval of AlsaayDeh causing for the seriousness of the crime and because it would represent a “unacceptable risk of community.”
AlsaayDeh returns to the local court of Downing Center in Sydney, Australia on April 8.
The incident comes after a plane flying from Bali, Indonesia in Melbourne, Australia was forced to turn after the passenger tried to open the door.
The aircraft turned after the “disturbing” passenger tried to open the aircraft door for more than an hour in flight 31. March, Jetstar said.
The passengers were removed from the plane by local authorities in Bali, the airline was added in a statement.
The passenger on the flight posted a video on the social networks of a captain who referred to the situation for passengers.
“There was a lady down her back on a plane trying to physically open the door. She lifted the handle. We warned the door on the front of the aircraft,” a voice that speaks to the passengers across the PA system.
“For the safety of the aircraft, the possibility of opening the door and in flight … Unfortunately, the safest course of action was to return here and return to the mainland.”
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