A Sudanese man has been sentenced to 30 lashes for smoking on a domestic Saudi Arabian Airlines flight.
The unnamed man had refused to put out his cigarette on the flight to the Red Sea port city of Jeddah from Qurayyat in northern Saudi Arabia.
He was arrested by police when the aircraft landed in Jeddah and sentenced to 30 lashes by a local court on Sunday.
The man apologised and said he was attending clinic to help him stop smoking, according to the report.
Source: smh.com.au
By: steve rowell - 29th March 2009 at 02:52
A tad harsh i think…but then again i’m thinking of buying my chain smoking Mother-in-law several internal flights with Saudi Arabian Airlines!!!
By: Richard Taylor - 28th March 2009 at 08:24
So smoking REALLY CAN damage your health! :rolleyes:
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March 28, 2009 at 3:29 am