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Cope member sent home from India

09 July 2012

A Congress of the People MP reportedly tried to open the door of an SAA plane while drunk on a flight to India, Beeld reported on Monday (09/07/2012).

Dirk Feldman, part of a Parliamentary delegation, apparently decided he needed to get off the plane and began fiddling with the emergency doors.

Cope chief whip Dennis Bloem told the newspaper on Sunday: "He had too much to drink and they say he lost his inhibitions.

"They detained him for a few hours at the airport and then released him, after which he would apparently be sent home today [Sunday].” SAA’s head of internal flight services, Martin Kemp, said such incidents occurred infrequently.

Parliament said in a statement on Sunday it was decided that Feldman be sent home after the delegation arrived in Mumbai.

A decision on further action would be taken once Parliament had received reports from witnesses and SAA. - Sapa

Reader's Comments

Report Abuse Author: TheRef Date: 10 July 2012 4:45

Perhaps the Cope member wanted to go sit on the wing and have a smoke,oh! ignorance is bliss,we have so much of it in our political set up!

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