11 Drunks Arrested After Flight Lands

Mon., March 10, 1997

From Staff And Wire Reports

Eleven drunken men whose rowdy behavior on a chartered Royal Airlines flight alarmed crew and passengers were arrested when they landed at the Vancouver International Airport, police said Sunday.

Seven men were charged, with offenses ranging from assault to endangering the safety of an aircraft, and released Sunday. Charges were pending against four others.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Staff Sgt. Gary Kilgore said the men’s disruptive actions frightened the plane’s crew and fellow travelers en route to Vancouver from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

RCMP were alerted to the fracas and awaited the plane’s landing. They arrested the men as they entered the airport Saturday evening.

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