Alcohol-related Attacks aboard Aircraft

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:29 pm on 15 March 2001.

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Photo of Lord Avebury Lord Avebury Liberal Democrat 3:29, 15 March 2001

My Lords, is the Minister aware of another relatively recent case where a stewardess was stabbed in the back by a man who had been drinking vodka on board the aircraft and who subsequently broke the bottle and used it as an offensive weapon? Where it is known that a person has been drinking before boarding the aircraft, does not the noble Lord think that there is a strong case for the introduction of measures to allow the passenger to be searched and for any alcohol found on him to be removed before he boards?