MOONER MAYHEM
Irish coach accused of dropping pants inflight
AN Irish football coach has been accused of causing mayhem on a flight from Dublin to New York by mooning first-class passengers and refusing to mask up.
Shane Mcinerney, 29, faces up to 20 years in a US jail after he was charged with assaulting a member of the crew on the January 7 Delta Airlines flight.
A complaint unsealed this week says Mcinerney refused to wear a face mask despite “dozens” of requests from flight crew.
Documents allege he became disruptive to the point where the crew considered diverting the plane to have him removed.
Galway man Mcinerney was flying to the States to take up a job teaching soccer at an academy in Daytona, Florida, according to police.
He was seated in economy class but stormed into the first-class cabin to complain about his food, according to court papers.
It states that as he was being escorted back to his seat Mcinerney “pulled down his pants and underwear and exposed his buttocks” to passengers in the first-class seats
on the New
York bound flight.
At another point, Mcinerney threw an “empty beverage can” which hit the head of another passenger on the plane, according to the FBI court filings.
The pilot took a break two hours into flight and came into the cabin to settle Mcinerney down.
During the conversation, Mcinerney twice took off his own cap and placed it on the pilot’s head, before removing it again, the complaint states.
He also allegedly raised a fist to the pilot’s face and told him: “Don’t touch me.”
If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.