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Bomb-scare drunk on Emirates flight made racist remarks, says witness
A witness has said that the drunk British man who made a hoax bomb threat on an Emirates flight to Dubai, made racist slurs and tried to assault fellow passengers.
- By Alice Johnson, Staff Reporter
- Published: 23:39 July 15, 2008
Dubai: A witness has said that the drunk British man who made a hoax bomb threat on an Emirates flight, made racist slurs and tried to assault fellow passengers.
According to S.K. - a fellow British passenger, the drunk man shouted abusive racist swearing at a Chinese family and threatened their safety.
Punches
Gulf News reported the incident, which occurred aboard the EK20 flight from Manchester to Dubai last week. The man was taken into custody for questioning, police said.
"He attempted to throw two or three punches at the Chinese family before being restrained. He then broke free and managed to throw around seven or eight punches at the Chinese family. He was restrained again and the situation was calmed for 20 minutes, "S.K. said.
According to the witness, the drunk man stood up and blamed the Chinese family for the reason that they were being held on the aircraft - which was for around one hour.
S.K. said: "Several passengers told him to sit down and be quiet, and he then shouted more racist language at an Indian passenger.
"The whole incident left me embarrassed to be English," he said.
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