Drunk air passenger, 30, who pulled down her underwear and exposed herself in front of holidaymakers on packed jet warned she faces jail

Published: 05:12 EDT, 4 November 2026 | Updated: 05:42 EDT, 4 November 2026 A drunk air passenger who pulled down her underwear on a packed plane to Florida and exposed herself has been warned she faces jail.Sarah Parker, 30, ignored the pilot's instructions and got up out of her seat to go to the toilet during take-off from Birmingham Airport.She then pulled down her shorts and underwear in the aisle in full view of other passengers, a court heard. 'The defendant was intoxicated on the flight from Birmingham in the UK to Florida in the US,' prosecutor Edward Downes told magistrates in Manchester on Tuesday.'Her behaviour was distressing to passengers, causing danger. She was exposing her genitals in view of the passengers.'The flight had to be diverted to Manchester Airport. The disruption was extensive. The financial loss was £20,000.'He asked magistrates to commit the case to the crown court because their powers for sentencing would be insufficient. Parker, of Halifax, West Yorkshire, previously pleaded guilty to one count of outraging public decency. Sarah Parker, 30, pictured outside court, defied instructions from the aircraft's pilot by leaving her seat and using the bathroom during take-off from Birmingham AirportThe charge read that she behaved in an indecent manner 'by pulling down her shorts and underwear, squatting and exposing her vagina in full view of other passengers'.Parker also previously pleaded guilty to being drunk on a plane and failing to comply with the pilot's instructions.This charge read that she 'failed to obey a lawful command namely sitting in her seat after being instructed to do so and making her way to the toilet'. The shocking incident took place on the Tui flight to Melbourne, Florida on July 24, 2025.Chairman of the magistrates Elliot Taylor agreed they didn't have sufficient powers to deal with Parker.He sent the case to Minshull Street Crown Court where she will be sentenced on December 1. Penalties for public indecency can range from fines to jail time, depending on culpability and harm caused or intended.Being drunk and disruptive on an aircraft can also be punished with fines up to £5,000 and a maximum of two years' imprisonment.