Drunk man who attacked an Emirates flight attendant is headed to jail

An Emirates Airbus A380-800
plane is seen at Nice International airport in Nice, France,
September 19, 2018.
REUTERS/Eric
Gaillard

• An off-duty pilot who drunkenly made threats onboard an
  Emirates
  plane and attacked a flight attendant received a one-year jail
  sentence on Wednesday. 
• The off-duty pilot, who is a 27-year-old Emirati,
  assaulted a stewardess while he was traveling as a passenger on
  a flight from Madrid to Dubai in June
  2018.  
• After he had been handcuffed to a seat, the man claimed
  he had a bomb and would use it to blow up the
  plane. 
• The National reports the man was charged with
  illegally consuming alcohol, disorderly behavior on-board an
  aircraft, and threatening the safety of passengers, while also
  being charged with issuing death threats, insulting crew
  members and passengers and causing $2,722 in damage to the
  aircraft by breaking the TV screen and window.

An off-duty pilot who drunkenly made threats aboard an Emirates
plane and attacked a flight attendant received a one-year jail
sentence on Wednesday, multiple sources have
reported. 

According to
Arabian Business, the off-duty pilot, who is a 27-year-old
Emirati, was under the influence of alcohol
and assaulted a stewardess while he was traveling as a
passenger on a flight from Madrid to Dubai on June 1,
2018.  

The man pushed a flight attendant to the ground as she attempted
to stop him from throwing his shoe at another passenger, and
then, after he had been handcuffed to a seat, the man claimed he
had a bomb and would use it to blow up the plane, the publication
reported.

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Arabian Business also reported that a witness said the man
banged his head against video monitor screen and claimed he
would tell police the crew had assaulted him.

Emirates was not immediately available for comment.
However, the Dubai-based airline did confirm to The Points Guy that the pilot
is not one of their employees. 

The man was arrested by police as soon as the plane landed at
Dubai International Airport. 

According to the National, the off-duty
pilot was charged with illegally consuming alcohol,
disorderly behavior on-board an aircraft, and threatening the
safety of passengers, while also being charged with issuing
death threats, insulting crew members and passengers and causing
$2,722 in damage to the aircraft by breaking the TV screen and
window.

The man admitted to all charges brought against him in
August and was sentenced to one year in jail on
Wednesday.