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Dec 15, 2010
Woman charged over trying to open plane door
By Khushwant Singh
WHILE flying from Munich to Singapore at 7am on Nov 30, Diana Mary Scanlon is alleged to have tried to open the door of a Singapore Airlines plane.
On Wednesday, the 28-year-old Irish national was charged in a district court with endangering the safety of the aircraft.
No plea was taken and the judge allowed the prosecution's request to remand her for two weeks at the Institute of Mental Health for psychiatric evaluation.
The court was not told the reason for the two-week delay in charging her. Scanlon, who works in the hospitality industry, was said to be flying to Perth in Australia, from Europe. Her case will be mentioned again on Dec 29.
If found guilty, she could be fined up to $5,000 and/or jailed up to a year.