It seems our Gaelic friends seem to forget that rules don’t apply to them, when a 34-year-old French national decided to light up in the toilet – and had half of the plane on him.
Delta Flight 83 Operating between Nice and New York JFK encountered an incident, the crew suspected he was smoking, and confronted Franck Lebrun on the way, specificity stating not to smoke.
The criminal complaint has been filed with lots of juicy information
“When Lebrun was observed walking toward the bathroom he was again instructed not to smoke,”
“Lebrun appeared intoxicated and smelled of cigarettes and alcohol. Lebrun then approached a female flight crew attendant in an aggressive manner and pushed her away with both hands. When the airline attendant instructed Lebrun not to touch her, Lebrun pushed her away again with both hands.”
You think that’s bad… shame there was an FBI Agent on board. The Agent – Janet Ambrisco – said the Frenchman,
“was instructed several times to return to his seat”
and…
“the entire encounter with flight crew members, Lebrun was speaking in a confrontational manner using expletives in English and made other comments in French.”
Thankfully there was a federal air marshal on the plane intervened and instructed the passsenger to to return to his seat. Alas that was not enough, and two otherair marshals confronted him. Do you think this would calm his Gaelic charm? The compaint details
“continued to scream and yell expletives and then aggressively positioned himself toward one of the federal air marshals in a fighting stance.”
Oopsie. The marshals handcuffed and place him in the rear section of the aircraft. This didn’t stop Lebrun abusing people around him, and yelling
“‘I’m French, f— you!'”
Charming!
After being arrested, the complaint details
“became more agitated and flailed his arms and legs, striking one federal air marshals in the right leg with Lebrun’s left foot,”
Our Gaelic friend is due in court soon – however, we can all take away a few lessons from this. Simply, don’t get drunk when flying, use NRT (Not Nartia Airport, Nicotine Replacement Therapy – be it gum, patches, puff things), and don’t take out your lack of Nicotine on the crew and Air Marshals.
And remember as Deltalina says – smoking is not allowed on any Delta flight!
