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SCOTSMAN FACES JAIL FOR AIR RAGE

GREAT BRITAIN, A 29-year-old Scotsman, David McCallum, from Edinburgh, has been condamned to an year jail for threatening to burst open the door of a Britannia Airways Boeing 757 which was flying at 30.000 feet with 235 passengers on board. According investigations, McCallum tried to open door after been involved in a family row and have assumed large alcohol quantities.

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 14045
Rome, Italy, 06/15/2001 11:48
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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