U.S. Passenger Douses Baby On Brazil Flight

[Texsox]

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- An American citizen who spilled a cup of water in the face of a crying baby during a flight to Brazil, will be deported, the federal police said on Thursday.

 

"Ronald Harry Duffy had his visa revoked because of inconvenient behavior and was not allowed into the country," said Federal Police spokesman Wagner Castilho. "He has been ordered deported."

 

The 35-year-old Duffy, who is from Pennsylvania, was seated next to a Brazilian couple and their baby during a TAM Airline Miami-Sao Paulo flight that landed Wednesday.

 

"Annoyed with the baby's constant crying, Duffy, who was drunk, threw the contents of a cup of water in the baby's face," Castilho said adding, that flight attendants had to "restrain other passengers who wanted to beat him up."

 

The pilot informed police of the incident, and when the plane landed, Duffy was detained.

 

The baby's parents did not file charges.

 

Duffy was supposed to have left Wednesday night "but all the airlines with flights to the U.S. refused to take him," Castilho said.

 

Duffy, who was hoping to spend Carnival in the northeastern state of Bahia, was being held in a private room at Sao Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport and will be put on a Miami-bound plane Thursday, Castilho said.

 

It was the second incident this month involving a U.S. citizen at the Sao Paulo airport.

 

Two weeks ago, an American Airlines pilot had to pay a fine of nearly $13,000 after being accused of making an obscene gesture during new customs procedures for U.S. citizens.

 

Brazilian authorities charged that Dale Robin Hersh, 53, lifted his middle finger while undergoing the new security process, imposed in response to similar rules in the United States for citizens of Brazil and many other countries.

 

Rafacosta,

Now this guy did deserve what he got.

Why didn't he just flip the babies parents off