Expert: "Great danger"

Woman smoked on airplane: greeted by police

Smoking has been strictly forbidden on airplanes since the late 1990s. Anyone who lights a cigarette in the toilet is putting the lives of everyone on board at risk.

(Bild: stock.adobe.com/Wolfgang Müller)

Excitement on the way to a vacation in Greece! A smoker lit a cigarette in the toilet on the way to Kos. After landing, the police were waiting.  

Until the late 1990s, it was common practice to smoke cigarettes on board airplanes. The last rows were often reserved for smokers, and the cigarette fans who couldn't get a seat there would spontaneously join them above the clouds for a cigarette. Completely unimaginable nowadays and strictly forbidden!

Crew searched for the culprit over loudspeakers
On Thursday evening, a smoking offense occurred on a flight from Vienna-Schwechat to Kos. A woman is said to have lit a cigarette in the toilet of a low-cost airplane. According to heute.at, crew members came on the loudspeaker and asked who had been smoking. Furthermore, the announcements are said to have made it clear that smoking on board an airplane is strictly prohibited.

Smoker struck again
Nonetheless, the smoker is said to have later lit a cigarette in the toilet. Local aviation expert and author Patrick Huber: "Fire on board an airplane is always a great danger. If a glowing cigarette is disposed of in the toilet waste bin and ignites, it can have devastating consequences, including a crash." After landing in Greece, the police were waiting for the smoker.