A British entrepreneur has been jailed for 15 months after a first‑class flight to Pakistan erupted into chaos when he drunkenly threatened to rape a flight attendant, blow up her hotel, and set her on fire.
Salman Iftikhar, 37, founder of recruitment firm Staffing Match, launched the tirade aboard a Virgin Atlantic service from London Heathrow to Lahore on 7 February 2023. His abuse, fuelled by champagne and rage, was so severe that one veteran crew member, Angie Walsh, who had flown into warzones—was left traumatised and unable to return to work for more than a year.
