Woman appears in court after alleged air rage incident at Belfast International Airport

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By Paul Higgins

A Derry/Londonderry woman has today denied an air rage incident. 

While defence solicitor Keith Kyle told Antrim Magistrates Court that Sarah McGuire did accept a charge of using disorderly behaviour at Belfast International Airport on 18 October this year, the 39-year-old was denying all other charges against her. 

Antrim Magistrates Court

McGuire, from Tyrconnell Street in Derry, entered not guilty pleas to two counts of common assault, behaving in a threatening, abusive or insulting manner towards a member of aircraft crew, being drunk in a plane and refusing to obey the lawful command of an aircraft commander. 

The facts have yet to be opened but it is understood the charges arise following an incident in a Belfast to Edinburgh flight which led to McGuire being escorted off. 

In a video of the incident, McGuire allegedly assaults two men and launches into an anti-mask tirade. 

District Judge Nigel Broderick adjourned the case to 15 December when a date will be fixed for her contest. 

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