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>From Int'l Herald Tribune
> Paris, Friday, June 11, 1999
>
>
> Belligerent On Board? Bangor Is Ready
>
> Welcoming Maine Airport Gets a Fix on Air-Rage Emergency Landings
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -- By Ellen Barry The Boston Globe
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -- BANGOR, Maine - By 12:15 A.M. Monday, when Delta Flight 064 made a
> hasty landing at Bangor International Airport, service crews knew the
> drill: Remove the belligerent passenger from his position hog-tied in
> the aisle, calm down the flight attendants who had been sitting on
> him, and wipe the blood off the cabin ceiling.
>
> When the two FBI agents in Bangor showed up to take Christopher Bayes
> into custody, the situation seemed almost normal.
>
> ''It's like anything else,'' said Sergeant James Owens of the Bangor
> Police Department. ''You do it enough times, you get used to it.''
>
> Over the past 31 month, three airliners have made emergency landings
> in Bangor to remove British passengers who have gone into violent,
> threatening rages during trans-Atlantic flights.
>
> While other airports might shrink from airborne discipline problems,
> Bangor is actively marketing its willingness to handle them. After the
> offenders are safely incarcerated in the Penobscot County Jail - all
> three are there now - the airport sends the planes off with the
> message that they are welcome to come back the next time.
>
> Emergency landings are bread and butter for Bangor, where a full 25
> percent of landings are unplanned stops for refueling or emergencies,
> which can bring in $10,000 apiece. With a runway long enough for a
> space-shuttle landing and a strategic position en route to any
> northern European destination, Bangor is an obvious choice for pilots
> who need to get out of the air fast.
>
> ''Frankly, other airports aren't that interested in doing this,'' said
> Jeff Russell, head of marketing for the airport. ''It's the dregs of
> the business.''
>
> Recent studies have suggested that air-rage incidents are on the
> upturn, although the emotional stress of flying - a loss of control
> and a sense of containment - has not changed. Among incidents that
> have been documented, the most common grievance was attendants'
> refusal to serve alcohol. The second was seat assignment, the third
> was flight attendants' attitudes, and the fourth was airline food, Mr.
> Russell said.
>
> Bangor International Airport has been handling 8 to 12
> air-rage-related landings per year, and in March 1988 airport
> officials began marketing its air-rage services at a convention of
> European carriers.
>
> In a business where an unscheduled stop can wipe out a flight's profit
> margin, Bangor's main selling point is a quick turnaround time.
>
> But there is also a geographical asset, according to Mr. Russell.
> Bangor's airspace seems to be a hot spot for passenger misconduct.
>
> ''You've been flying for five, six hours, you've seen the movie,
> you've eaten the food, you've written in your journal, and it's time
> to act up,'' he said. ''Trouble seems to develop within 250 nautical
> miles of Bangor in either direction.''
>
> This spring has brought an alarming amount of business. On May 3, an
> Airtours International flight made an emergency landing on the way
> from Orlando, Florida, to Manchester, England, when a British mechanic
> kicked out an interior window and threatened to kick in the outer
> window, which could have caused a dangerous loss of cabin pressure.
>
> Bryan Neal, 25, of Manchester, was angry because flight attendants
> refused him alcohol and he already had seen the in-flight movie.
>
> Mr. Neal is serving a 60-day sentence and owes the airline $25,000 for
> damage to the plane.
>
> On May 26, Shabiya Davidson, also of Manchester, assaulted a flight
> attendant. The Bangor police said that Mr. Davidson later was found to
> have been carrying cocaine in a condom in his stomach and that the
> condom had burst. He also is serving a 60-day sentence.
>
> The latest incident, like the first, was alcohol-related. Mr. Bayes,
> 41, who also is from Manchester, groped two female flight attendants,
> cursed loudly and tried to get into the locked cockpit to demand
> another drink, Mr. Russell said.
>
> Two other flight attendants subdued Mr. Bayes and tied him up, using
> nylon restraints and three cloth napkins. When a passenger-service
> crew boarded the plane, the flight attendants were sitting on him, Mr.
> Russell said.
>
> The two flight attendants who subdued Mr. Bayes were treated for minor
> injuries. After ground crews cleaned blood, which had come from a cut
> on Mr. Bayes's mouth, off the seats, the floor and the ceiling of the
> cabin, the flight took off again at 2:22 A.M., less than two hours
> after it had made its emergency landing.
>
> Mr. Bayes, who was arraigned Tuesday, faces charges of assault and
> interference with the flight crew.
>
> Paul Palumbo, who is one-half of the FBI's Bangor office, is watching
> the city's air-rage population grow with some amusement.
>
> ''We have a whole new wing at the Penobscot County Jail for
> Englishmen,'' he said. ''We're serving tea and popovers.''
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