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| Plane diverted as staff assaulted | Plane diverted as staff assaulted |
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| A flight from Toronto to London had to be diverted to Belfast after a drunken passenger assaulted two stewardesses and exposed himself, a court has heard. | |
| Israeli businessman Simon Charvatov had to be restrained by a police officer before the aircraft landed at Belfast International Airport on 26 June. | |
| Details of the drama were revealed at a bail application by Mr Charvator, 46, at Belfast High Court on July 5. | |
| Refusing bail, the judge said the incident could have been "disastrous". | Refusing bail, the judge said the incident could have been "disastrous". |
| The court heard that the diversion cost the airline about £30,000. | The court heard that the diversion cost the airline about £30,000. |
| Drinking | Drinking |
| Mr Charvatov was travelling to Russia via London when the incident occurred. | |
| A Crown lawyer said Mr Charvatov had been drinking from a litre bottle of whiskey which he purchased on board as duty free. | |
| "When the stewardess spoke to him, he grabbed her by the wrist and twisted it," the lawyer said. | "When the stewardess spoke to him, he grabbed her by the wrist and twisted it," the lawyer said. |
| "Another stewardess managed to break his hold but in doing so she was grabbed on the right breast and buttock. | "Another stewardess managed to break his hold but in doing so she was grabbed on the right breast and buttock. |
| The aircraft landed at Belfast International Airport"She was pushed away and Charvatov exposed himself." | |
| The lawyer said Mr Charvatov "kept banging his head on the seat in front and on the aircraft window". | |
| She said a Canadian police officer had to restrain him and took the half-empty whiskey bottle from him. | She said a Canadian police officer had to restrain him and took the half-empty whiskey bottle from him. |
| The charges against him include endangering the plane's safety, failing to obey the captain's orders, assaulting the two stewardesses, using threatening language and indecent exposure. | The charges against him include endangering the plane's safety, failing to obey the captain's orders, assaulting the two stewardesses, using threatening language and indecent exposure. |
| Refusing bail, the judge said: "To behave like that on an aircraft could have disastrous consequences and in the circumstances I don't consider that release on bail could be justified." | Refusing bail, the judge said: "To behave like that on an aircraft could have disastrous consequences and in the circumstances I don't consider that release on bail could be justified." |