Drunk dad fought armed cops who dragged him off Ryanair plane after downing booze during seven-hour flight delay
A DRUNK tourist fought armed cops who dragged him off a plane after he downed booze during a seven-hour flight delay.
Darren Gill, 33, was with his partner and young son, but hit the bar when his 1pm flight was put back.
The boozy construction worker heckled cabin crew aboard the Ryanair flight from Manchester, due to take off for Spain.
When gun cops arrived he staggered and slurred: “Why am I being taken off, I’m not drunk?”
He resisted arrest and also headbutted a steel post.
Defence lawyer Harold Smith said: “He just foolishly consumed a lot of alcohol before the flight.”
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On sobering up in cells he said he could barely remember the incident, on July 26 last year.
Gill, of Keighley, West Yorks, admitted being drunk on a plane and was fined £459 by Manchester magistrates.