Overview
- Adam McDermott, 36, admitted being drunk on an aircraft at Newcastle Magistrates' Court.
- Cabin crew reported he had vomited as a Freebird flight prepared to depart at 8:10 p.m. on June 24 and called police.
- Prosecutors said he refused orders to disembark, stumbled up the aisle with slurred speech, and nearly fell onto another passenger.
- Officers removed him using an airport wheelchair as he resisted and later arrested him after escorting him from the terminal.
- The flight was delayed about 40 minutes; he later flew two days afterward, and the court heard he has PTSD after a serious assault and a prior conviction for assaulting an emergency worker.