Kip Powick Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A Toronto woman facing three charges after an air-rage incident on an Air Canada flight Tuesday evening has been released from custody. Colleen Walsh, 48, was visibly upset and crying when she appeared in provincial court in St. John’s, N.L., on Wednesday. She was released on an undertaking to keep the peace and be of good behaviour, post a deposit of $2,500 with the court, and be back in court May 7. Walsh was arrested after police were called to St. John’s International Airport about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. A passenger is alleged to have been intoxicated and unruly aboard a flight that had just landed. The charges include: unlawfully endangering the safety or security of an aircraft; wilfully obstructing or interfering with the lawful use of property; and causing a disturbance by shouting or using obscene language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cargo Agent Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 CTV News reported she is a journalist, so I guess we can expect another onslaught of AC hate articles in the media shortly from her compatriots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deicer Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Just make her pay the landing fee, fuel costs, groundhandling, crew cost, maintenance cost, and any costs incurred due to misconnected passengers. Thats all Iceman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airband Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Don't you know who I am? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 The name caught my eye right away, but I didn't think it would be her. She got her start on TV with the CTV affiliate in Kitchener and she has a reputation as a genuinely nice person. Makes me wonder why she was acting that way. Her website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groundeffect Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Ahh, Alcohol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CD Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Government of Canada takes action to protect air travellers Regulations Amending the Canadian Aviation Regulations (Parts I, VI and VII) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steam Driven Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Is this her? Structures - Colleen Walsh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Is this her? Structures - Colleen Walsh That is what the news article quoted by Airband said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 That is her...looked a little more haggard on the TV clip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakelad Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 'I was not intoxicated,' says broadcaster Apr 03, 2009 - Toronto Star Emily Mathieu - Staff Reporter A Toronto radio and television broadcaster accused of air rage says she was trying to help a sick passenger and acted erratically because of medications and stress. "I can assure you, I was not intoxicated ... I may have appeared intoxicated because I was groggy, but I was not," Colleen Walsh said in Toronto yesterday. . . . Walsh, a medical journalist and news reader who has worked for Global, CTV and CBC Radio, was en route to Toronto from Ireland when the plane was diverted for a medical emergency. When the plane landed, flight crew caring for an ill woman asked if there was a doctor on board. Walsh, who is trained in CPR and first aid, said she offered to help. She said she had drunk two glasses of wine with her inflight dinner, had missed taking her medication for menopause and had just taken a sleeping pill. "A flight attendant barked at me: `No, we have first aid, too, we need a doctor,'" she said yesterday. "So I stood to the side and said, `Better me than nobody.'" A passenger then yelled at her to sit down, Walsh said. When he made a comment as she went to her seat, she said she pushed his head with her open palm. "I pushed him gently to say, `Shut up.' I didn't hit him, I didn't shove him. But there was contact." "I felt like I was a caged animal being attacked." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeker Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Am I the only one who's thinking her "explanation" doesn't make her look any better? - 2 glasses of wine - just took a sleeping pill - forgot to take her hormones - groggy but figured she was capable of helping the FAs with a medical emergency? - slapped some guy in the head Would have been better not to say anything than to say all this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Sounds very much like the old tried and true.....: I am not guilty of (fill in the blank), because I was (take your pick: drunk, drugged, deranged, abused as a child etc.) defense at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2.0EPR Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 I guess some people can't wait until George street!! $2500 down there will get you a few!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 80 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Just make her pay the landing fee, fuel costs, groundhandling, crew cost, maintenance cost, and any costs incurred due to misconnected passengers. Good luck on actually collecting a dime of that, your going to get your millions out of Price Abubooboo before you recoup the costs of a medical or air rage diversion. When you win civil damages or criminal restitution the judge doesn't just whip out his cheque book and trying to enforce the above just digs you into a deeper hole financially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydee Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Just make her pay the landing fee, fuel costs, groundhandling, crew cost, maintenance cost, and any costs incurred due to misconnected passengers. Thats all Iceman There are two intermingled stories here. The plane did NOT divert because of the journalist. It diverted because of another very sick female passenger requiring urgent medical care. The sick or drunk journalist saga was just a side show to the main event. Lakelads post is the most accurate accounts of the facts in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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