LONDON - A British man taking his terminally ill wife on their last holiday together was arrested after becoming drunk on the flight and assaulting an elderly passenger, police said yesterday.
The 47 year old man from Blackpool became violent after drinking a "considerable" amount of whisky from a bottle he had taken onto the American Airlines flight from England to Chicago. He assaulted a 76 year old woman sitting in front of him and then attempted to kick one of the flight attendants in the stomach before he was belted into his seat and restrained with plastic handcuffs.