One bottle of whisky later: Drunk British man's actions trigger anti-hijack alarm at Changi Airport, get him jailed
After downing an entire 700ml bottle of whiskey, a drunken British man triggered an anti-hijack alarm at Changi Airport and delayed a Scoot flight by 53 minutes after forcing his way towards the aircraft when he was denied boarding. Arudchelvan Karnan, 25, was sentenced to eight weeks' jail and fined $2,800 on Wednesday (Sept 2).He pleaded guilty to a harassment charge, a public drunkenness charge and one count of unlawfully entering a protected place.Court documents obtained by AsiaOne stated he had flown down from Sydney, Australia, on July 19 and stayed at a hotel in Little India for the night before his flight to Malaysia the next day.At about 9am the next morning, Arudchelvan drank an entire 700ml bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey at his hotel and became drunk before heading to the airport.By 3.30pm, he had arrived at Changi Airport Terminal 1, cleared immigration and proceeded to Gate C17 in the departure hall to board his flight.