Aircraft traveler fined for urinating in a cup

SYDNEY (AP)-- A traveler has actually been fined for urinating in a cup during a hold-up in deplaning after landing at Sydney Airport.

The event, after a 3-hour Air New Zealand flight from Auckland, happened last December and a Sydney court fined the 53-year-old man 600 Australian dollars ($ 395) for offensive behavior in February, authorities stated Friday.

The event just came to public attention on Friday, when New Zealand news site Stuff reported that a passenger in the same row, identified only as Hollv, stated she had actually reported the behavior to the air team.

She stated she and her 15-year-old daughter were sitting in the aisle and middle seats when the male in the window seat, whose name has actually not been launched, was urinating in a cup.

Holly said the plane had been on the tarmac for about 20 minutes, awaiting a terminal gate to be assigned, when she heard the unmistakable sound of the traveler urinating in a cup, Stuff reported.

She said the guy was "obviously rather drunk" and spilled urine on a flight attendant as he left the airplane, it reported.

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However the mishap with the attendant wasn't his criminal activity. Australian Federal Police stated in a statement that officers removed him from the airplane due to the fact that he had "urinated into a cup while in his seat."

Air New Zealand stated it does not comment on specific occurrences. It said it bans in between 5 and 10 consumers each month for disruptive behavior, including intoxication.