
纽芬兰一对男女因拒绝留在座位上、对乘客和机组人员大喊大叫并脱去部分衣物,危及航班安全,各被罚款4000元。
A man and woman in Newfoundland have each been fined $4,000 for endangering the safety of an airline flight by refusing to remain in their seats, yelling at passengers and crew and removing some of their clothing.
纽芬兰省科纳布鲁克的一家法院获悉,2024年8月28日,一名男子和一名女子乘坐飞往纽芬兰省迪尔莱克的Flair航空公司航班时,该男子离开座位,拒绝听从机组人员的指示。
A court in Corner Brook, N.L., heard that on Aug. 28, 2024, a man and a woman were aboard a Flair Airlines flight headed to Deer Lake, N.L., when the man got out of his seat and refused to follow instructions from the crew.
在日期为9月29日的判决中,省法院法官韦恩·戈尔曼表示,这名56岁的男子在返回座位时大喊脏话,但拒绝系上安全带,随后脱掉了衬衫。
In a decision dated Sept. 29, provincial court Judge Wayne Gorman said the 56-year-old man was yelling obscenities as he returned to his seat, but refused to attach his seatbelt and then took off his shirt.
在供餐期间,当他想购买的一种物品无法提供时,他也变得大声且具有威胁性。
He also became loud and threatening during meal service when an item he wanted to buy was unavailable.
至于该女子,法官的判决称,她也拒绝留在座位上,并一度脱去腰部以下的全部衣物,然后在过道上来回走动,同时对人大喊大叫。
As for the woman, the judge's decision says she also refused to stay in her seat and, at one point, removed all her clothing below her waist and then walked up and down the aisle while yelling at people.
该男子对危及飞行中航空器安全和妨碍合法使用财产两项指控表示认罪,该女子在另一名法官面前对同样的指控表示认罪,并已在较早日期被罚款4000元。
The man pleaded guilty to endangering the safety of an aircraft in flight and interfering with the lawful use of property, and the woman pleaded guilty to the same charges before another judge and was also fined $4,000 at an earlier date.
戈尔曼表示,他因《刑法》中的量刑均衡原则而被迫对该男子判处同样的刑罚。
Gorman said he was compelled by the parity principles in the Criminal Code to impose the same sentence on the man.
尽管如此,戈尔曼的裁决称,这一结果是一项“未能反映被告所犯罪行严重性”的刑罚。
Still, Gorman's ruling says the result was a sentence that "fails to reflect the seriousness of the crimes committed" by the accused.
法官的判决称:“在本案中,[该男子]故意扰乱航班,并使航空公司工作人员偏离其主要职责:乘客的安全。”
"In this case, [the man] purposely disrupted the flight and diverted the airline staff from their primary function: the safety of the passengers," the judge's decision says.
“这些罪行非常严重……对此类罪行所判处的刑罚并未反映这一现实。”法官接着表示,如果不是检方要求判处同样的刑罚,他本会判处一段监禁刑期。
"These offences are very grave …. The sentences imposed for this type of offence have not reflected this reality." The judge went on to say that were it not for the Crown's request for the same sentence, he would have imposed a period of imprisonment.