Florida man heads home after air rage conviction
Last Updated: Friday, March 30, 2007 | 3:24 PM NT
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A Florida man who was convicted earlier this week of causing a liquor-fuelled commotion aboard a transatlantic flight has been released from a Labrador lockup.
Paul Burns, 47, was released after he arranged to pay a $12,000 fine imposed during a court hearing on Wednesday.
Burns had pleaded guilty to endangering the safety and security of an aircraft in flight, in a breach of the Aeronautics Act.
He had been a passenger aboard a Continental Airlines flight between Oslo, Norway, and Newark, N.J., when — after downing a series of drinks of vodka — he became so aggressive that airline staff and passengers had to struggle to restrain him.
The case of air rage triggered an emergency landing at Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Burns struggled with RCMP officers before they were able to arrest him.
Burns was booked to depart from Happy Valley-Goose Bay on Friday.
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