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Passenger's Violent Outbreak Over Whisky Caused MH179 To Turn Around
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German businessman Dietmar Ross, 54, has been slapped with a one month jail sentence for endangering a MAS flight crew member by swearing and raising his voice. During the scuffle, he also kicked several crew members, with one suffering bruises.
German businessman Dietmar Ross, 54, was sentenced to one's month jail for causing danger to a Malaysia Airlines cabin crew member on a Sri Lanka-bound flight.
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On 11 May: At 1.13am on 10 May, a report by Airlive.net sent Twitter users into a flurry when it was reported that MH179 was circling the ocean west of Pulau Ketam for two hours after taking off from Kuala Lumpur. The plane was heading to Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Many panicking Malaysians took to Twitter to express their prayers for the flight causing #MH179 to trend, although the cause of it was unknown at that time
In truth, flight MH179 made a turn back and safely landed in KLIA following a commotion aboard the flight. The plane was flying in circles – known in aviation as a holding pattern – in order to burn fuel until it was light enough to make a safe landing.
MAS said that the pilot had to turn the flight around to make an early landing for the safety of passengers after a drunk passenger started harassing the crew soon after take-off. He was such a 'huge' disruption that passengers had to help the crew in restraining him.
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Upon landing in KLIA, the drunk man was handed over to the authorities. The flight was rescheduled to 10.06 am on the same day.
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