A German man had to be tied up on
board an airplane after he tried to smoke during the flight and got
violent when staff tried to stop him.
Mathias Jorg, 54, lit up several times on a 7.5 hour flight from Singapore to Brisbane and had to be detained by staff after he allegedly became aggressive.
A photograph taken on the plane by a fellow passenger, show Mr Jorg with his legs and arms tied up, surrounded by cabin crew.
When the Emirates Air flight landed in Brisbane just after 1am on Thursday morning, Mr Jorg was taken into police custody.
He appeared before Brisbane Magistrates Court later the same day, charged with one count of smoking on an aircraft, one count of assaulting crew and one count of assaulting crew affecting the performance of their duty.
Mathias Jorg, 54, lit up several times on a 7.5 hour flight from Singapore to Brisbane and had to be detained by staff after he allegedly became aggressive.
A photograph taken on the plane by a fellow passenger, show Mr Jorg with his legs and arms tied up, surrounded by cabin crew.
Held down: Mathias Jorg, a German national, is
restrained for smoking on an international flight to Brisbane, Australia
from Singapore on January 2
When the Emirates Air flight landed in Brisbane just after 1am on Thursday morning, Mr Jorg was taken into police custody.
He appeared before Brisbane Magistrates Court later the same day, charged with one count of smoking on an aircraft, one count of assaulting crew and one count of assaulting crew affecting the performance of their duty.
