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A Northern Irish native has been sentenced to three months in jail by Antrim Magistrate's Court after abusing and attacking staff during a drunken rampage, before trying to get away on an airport tug vehicle.
Paul Anthony Burgoyne, 51, who resides in Shepshed, Leicestershire pleaded guilty to a total of nine offenses on Tuesday, which included common assault and recklessly endangering the safety of an aircraft. He was also fined £500 ($660) and ordered to pay £600 ($795) to the plane's captain, according to Leicestershire Live.
The commotion started on a flight from George Best Belfast City Airport to Birmingham, where Burgoyne became enraged after flight crew for the budget airline requested that he open a neighboring window blind prior to take-off.
Perturbed by what he apparently considered to be a dictatorial request, Burgoyne reacted by raising his right arm with a straightened hand and shouting: "Alright, mein Fuhrer" - a reference to the greeting reserved for the ruler of Nazi-era Germany, Adolf Hitler.