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A 58-year-old grandmother has been from flying with Australia’s national Qantas after she got drunk and punched a man in the face on a from Australia to New Zealand. Courts also the granny (Mrs M) to pay the airline nearly US$18,000 for having to to Melbourne Airport. She also received a 4-month jail sentence for two years. Mrs M had a of anti-social behaviour on airplanes. She was involved in an on a Virgin Airlines flight last year and was for using bad language and smoking on the flight. If she is found again of such behaviour, she will end up in prison. Qantas has banned her from its flights for at least ten years.

Mrs M, a nurse, was flying to New Zealand to see her children. She got drunk on the flight and began abusing other passengers and the flight attendants. She then started and headbutting the seat in front of her. A male passenger then asked her to be . At this, she up, flew into a and punched him hard in the face. He required on his 6cm cut. Court judge Luisa Bazzani described said Mrs M’s behaviour was “”. She said: “Those passengers affected by your…behaviour were unable to remove themselves from the .” She added: “The assault by you of a fellow passenger without any provocation is particularly .”