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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Blanco

DC-bound flight diverted after woman’s restroom trip is mistaken for cockpit attack

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A charge against a woman accused of attempting to breach a plane’s cockpit mid-flight has been dismissed, after she insisted she was simply using the restroom.

Thirty-six-year-old Tiffany Miles was charged with a misdemeanour airport obstruction count after the ordeal during a Washington, DC-bound American Airlines flight on 22 February.

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