A TURKISH man who chanted ‘Allah’ mid-flight on a plane while walking towards the front carrying a rucksack has been jailed.
Hamdi Yazici, aged 41, of Kynaston Road, Bromley, frightened passengers on a Turkish Airlines Airbus 321 flying from Istanbul to Stansted Airport on October 12 last year.
Chelmsford Crown Court heard that Yazici, who was drunk, had to be held down by six cabin crew until the plane landed and police could take him away.
Judge Laura Harris said : “I am quite sure it was extremely distressing and alarming for those passengers.
“They didn’t know what you were planning to do when you started to walk down to the front – for all they knew you could have been a very dangerous man.”
Yazici admitted being drunk on a plane and was jailed for four months yesterday (Jan 7).
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