CANBERRA, ACT, Nov. 7 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A West Australian man is scheduled to appear before Perth Magistrates Court today (7 November, 2026), after allegedly assaulting an airline crew member on a flight preparing to depart Perth Airport.
The Perth man, 57, was on a flight preparing to leave from Perth, bound for Melbourne, on Friday (6 November, 2026), when he allegedly became aggressive towards airline staff and assaulted a cabin crew member.
It will be alleged the man was seated in an exit row and was observed behaving aggressively towards airline staff, before leaving his seat and entering the toilet.
After returning to his seat, cabin crew assessed the man as unsuitable to remain seate...