Air rage man tried to headbutt plane’s captain

The actions of a passenger who tried to headbutt the captain of a transatlantic aircraft “could have had catastrophic consequences” a court was told yesterday.

Judge Patrick Durcan made his comment when ordering Damian Kington, aged 35, to pay €4,300 in compensation to BA and a poor box donation arising from the air rage incident that forced the flight to divert to Shannon on Wednesday.

Living in New York, Australian national Kington was on board the exclusive business class 32-seater service that BA operates between New York’s JFK Airport and London city airport.