A German man had to be tied up on board an airplane after he tried to smoke during the flight and got violent when staff tried to stop him. Mathias Jorg, 54, lit up several times on a 7½ hour flight from Singapore to Brisbane and had to be detained by staff after he allegedly became aggressive. A photograph taken on the plane by a fellow passenger, show Mr Jorg with his legs and arms tied up, surrounded by cabin crew. When the Emirates Air flight landed in Brisbane just after 1am on Thursday morning, Mr Jorg was taken into police custody.
He appeared before Brisbane Magistrates Court later the same day, charged with one count of smoking on an aircraft, one count of assaulting crew and one count of assaulting crew affecting the performance of their duty.
Mr Jorg had to use a German interpreter during his court visit, and claimed that he had been injured during the restraining. He has been allowed bail after promising to surrender his passport to the Australian Federal Police and make no applications for another, and that he would not leave Australia or go within 100 metres of any place of international departure. Although he initially protested through his interpreter, explaining that he didn't 'trust' the conditions of the court, he eventually agreed to give up his passport
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