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The second Ontario woman charged with multiple offences after a Cuba-bound flight she was on turned back to Toronto’s Pearson International Airport is out of jail.
Both women accused of the disruptive behaviour were granted release on $2,500 bail Thursday. Lilia Ratmanski, 25, of Whitby, was released the same day, but Melana Muzikante, 26, of Vaughan, was held overnight until someone could sign for her release.
The two women allegedly drank a “significant quantity” of alcohol in the airplane bathroom and lit a cigarette, which triggered the on-board smoke detector, according to Sunwing spokeswoman Janine Chapman.
They then allegedly got into a physical fight with each other and threatened the aircraft.
Both women are charged with smoking on an aircraft, endangering the safety of an aircraft, mischief over $5,000, mischief endangering life, and uttering threats. Endangering the safety of an aircraft, the most severe of the charges, carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
As part of the terms of their bail, both women are forbidden from consuming, purchasing or possessing alcohol, being on an airplane or at an airport, and communicating with the other.
Agencies/Canadajournal
Who is this Bitter who is quoted in the story. No mention of him until this appears in the story: Bitter declined to comment further on the details.
“I don’t want this case to be tried in the press,” he said.