A VIOLENT aircraft passenger who terrified holidaymakers by fighting cabin crew in an air-rage attack at 33,000ft was jailed for 12 months today.
Stephen Robinson, 53, from Darlington, attacked a steward on a packed Boeing 757 from Antalya in Turkey to Newcastle airport in March last year. The plane had to be diverted to Frankfurt in Germany.
Recorder Brian Forster QC said at Newcastle Crown Court today: "You terrified the people who were about you and you made the life of the aircraft crew very difficult."
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