"70-Year-Old Fined for Assaulting Flight Attendant Over 'More Beer Please' Request on Board"

After Drinking 3 Glasses of Wine and 1 Can of Beer During In-Flight Meal, Passenger Ordered More... Insulted and Assaulted Flight Attendant Who Refused

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Byung-don] A man in his 70s who cursed and assaulted a flight attendant for not being served beer was sentenced to a fine.

On the 12th, Judge Kim Sung-eun of the Incheon District Court Criminal Division 12 announced that A (76), who was charged with assault and violation of the Aviation Security Act, was sentenced to a fine of 3 million won.

A was charged with causing a disturbance for 30 minutes while cursing on a flight from Nepal to Incheon International Airport on October 13, 2018, and assaulting flight attendant B (28), who was filming the incident with a mobile phone camera.

He drank three glasses of wine and one can of beer during the in-flight meal and then repeatedly demanded more beer from the flight attendant.

However, when the flight attendant refused, saying "You seem intoxicated," he caused a disturbance by cursing harshly, asking, "Why won’t you give me beer?"

Judge Kim stated, "The defendant assaulted a flight attendant responsible for safety on the aircraft and caused a disturbance," and judged that "the flight attendant and passengers likely experienced considerable mental distress and fear in the confined space."

However, the judge explained the sentencing reason by considering "that the defendant has no prior record of the same crime and that the offense appears to have been committed impulsively while intoxicated."

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