‘People like you are paedophiles’: Drunk passenger abuses Qantas cabin crew on Singapore flight

Traveling by airplane. Passenger enjoying gin and tonic drink in economy class during flight.
By Christian Fleetwood


Qantas crew on a flight from Melbourne to Singapore were forced to restrain a drunken male passenger who likened the crew to “paedophiles” on an international flight.

The man reportedly drank a full bottle of duty-free vodka in the bathroom of the plane before going on an abusive tirade during the international flight, assaulting a Qantas crew member in the process.

After reportedly punching one of the cabin crew, the man was restrained and approached by one of the pilot’s who was unable to calm the passenger. Following the altercation, the man continued to verbally abuse the cabin crew, even calling them “paedophiles”.

“Paedophiles like George Bell, people like you look like George Bell alright yeah yeah people like you are paedophiles so you cannot tell me how to behave,” the man said to one crew member.

A witness posted a breakdown of the dramatic incident and said they believed the man to be a school teacher from Melbourne.

“This incident happened mid-flight – I was shocked to hear shouting and abusive language behind me,” the witness said.

‘The crew members attempted to subdue him. However, he was very drunk and apparently he had brought on a bottle of vodka onto the flight from duty free and had consumed it in the bathroom without anyone else’s knowledge.”

The Qantas pilots made the decision not to divert the aircraft, while after the aircraft landed, the man was arrested by Singaporean police officers.

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