A passenger has been fined for urinating in a cup during a delay in deplaning after landing at Sydney Airport.
The incident, after a 3-hour Air New Zealand flight from Auckland, occurred last December and a Sydney court fined the 53-year-old man 600 Australian dollars ($395) for offensive behavior in February, officials said Friday.
The incident only came to public attention on Friday, when New Zealand news website Stuff reported that a passenger in the same row, identified only as Hollv, said she had reported the behavior to the air crew.
She said she and her 15-year-old daughter were sitting in the aisle and middle seats when the man in the window seat, whose name has not been released, was urinating in a cup.
Holly said the plane had been on the tarmac for about 20 minutes, waiting for a terminal gate to be allocated, when she heard the unmistakable sound of the passenger urinating in a cup, Stuff reported.
dude really thought he could get a ghost piss out without anybody knowing smh
lady and her 15 year old daughter seated inches away. tf, dude. lucky he didn’t get charged with exposing himself
Seems like the airline could have just… not over served him and none of this would have happened.
Edit: yeah it sounds like over serving alcohol may be a recurring problem for this airline:
“It said it bans between five and 10 customers each month for disruptive behavior, including intoxication.”