--- description: A plane was diverted after a passenger attacked the crew with her prosthetic leg title: Plane Diverted After Drunk Passenger Attacks Crew with Prosthetic Leg image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2de2b4e09e6fafaa/69869e28f983e7f87804f14f/56961681.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Drunk Passenger Attacks Crew with Prosthetic Leg by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 1, 2014 2:58 PM CUT  Hip and leg prosthesis Hip and leg prosthesisGetty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 1, 2014 2:58 PM CUT A plane was diverted Wednesday night after an inebriated woman had the mild mannered response of attacking flight crew with her prosthetic leg after they informed her that not only couldn’t she have cigarettes, but she couldn’t have access to a parachute so that she could leave the aircraft and its stringent rules. There’s now word if [_Real Housewives of New York_](http://time.com/3001487/aviva-drescher-real-housewives-finale-leg/ "undefined")was streaming on the flight to provide her with feud tactic inspiration. A spokesperson for the[ Sussex Police released the following statement:](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-28588533 "undefined") --- > “” --- Passenger John Smith, 48, described a pretty horrifying scene to the [_Telegraph_](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11004616/Drunk-woman-attacks-plane-crew-with-prosthetic-leg.html "undefined"). “She was shouting ‘I want cigarettes’ and that she wanted a parachute to jump off the plane,” he said. “She slapped a young girl and then assaulted the cabin crew with her prosthetic leg.” The flight was originally expected at its destination at 11:30 pm Wednesday, but it was delayed to 2:30 am Tuesday so that the police could escort the woman off the plane and take statements from passengers. It kind of makes that plane that was diverted because a woman [refused to stop belting Whitney Houston](http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/may/14/flight-emergency-landing-whitney-houston-song "undefined") sound pleasant. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-28588533 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3070009/plane-landing-prosthetic-leg/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3070009/plane-landing-prosthetic-leg/"},"headline":"Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Drunk Passenger Attacks Crew with Prosthetic Leg","datePublished":"2014-08-01T14:58:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:06.478Z","description":"She just wanted to smoke her cigarettes in peace!","url":"https://time.com/3070009/plane-landing-prosthetic-leg/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","Bizarre","arrested","plane"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2de2b4e09e6fafaa/69869e28f983e7f87804f14f/56961681.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2de2b4e09e6fafaa/69869e28f983e7f87804f14f/56961681.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"56961681","caption":"56961681","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3070009/plane-landing-prosthetic-leg/","name":"Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Drunk Passenger Attacks Crew with Prosthetic Leg"}}]}] ```