Do we need CCTV on planes now?

27 05 2009

Two British women accused of trying to open the door of a passenger jet at 30,000 feet are being interviewed by police nine months after the alleged incident they were detained in Germany last August after officials were forced to divert their flight from the Greek island of Kos to Manchester.

The pair are accused of being drunk and disorderly and it is alleged they were abusive to airline staff.Following an investigation by officers at Manchester Airport.

Both women, from Salford, Greater Manchester, deny they endangered any lives or were drunk.

The Crown Prosecution Service is considering whether a case can be brought against them.

Charter airline XL Airways threatened to sue the pair to recover the cost of the emergency landing but the company later collapsed because of financial problems.

Personally I prefer to be ushered out of the plane by a stewardess