Two men, who were thrown off a flight bound for Manchester Airport having allegedly begun a drunken brawl, could face 20 years behind bars in America.
A TUI flight from Cancun to Manchester was diverted to Bangor International Airport in the US due to a disturbance on January 1. The group of men were refused alcohol service from flight attendants but one of them reportedly took a bottle from his carry-on luggage and the group drank from it.
Anthony Joseph James Kirby and Damien Jake Murphy, both 36, are charged with one count each of interference with flight crew members and attendants and assault in a special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, reports the Daily Star. A third man was removed from the plane along with Kirby and Murphy, but he has not been charged.
