From the daily archives: Monday, May 4, 2009

“Two or three bottles of wine”?  And this is a surprise?

Galina Rusanova punched and kicked flight attendants on the Chicago-based United Airlines flight after downing two or three bottles of wine, prescription drugs and liquid soap from the jet’s lavatory, prosecutors said.

As the scuffle escalated, Rusanova snapped “like a dog” while trying to bite an attendant, prosecutors said.

The FBI said the Russian-born London resident had gone to Los Angeles to visit a man she met over the Internet and was returning Wednesday when her flight was diverted to Bangor.

Rusanova appeared in U.S. District Court for a detention hearing there Monday, where she’s charged with assault and interference with a flight crew.

No one answered the phone at defense lawyer Matthew Erickson’s office.

via FOXNews.com.