{"id":538160,"date":"2026-09-13T08:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T22:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/virgin-australia-passengers-restrained-headbutting-spitting-flight-attendants\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T22:01:30","slug":"virgin-australia-passengers-restrained-after-headbutting-spitting-on-flight-attendants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=538160","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Australia Passengers Restrained After \u201cHeadbutting & Spitting On Flight Attendants\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two Virgin Australia<\/a><\/span> passengers have been arrested in Doha<\/a><\/span> after a nonstop flight between Melbourne Airport<\/a><\/span> (MEL) and Doha Hamad International Airport<\/a><\/span> (DOH) caused violence, with the two allegedly spitting and headbutting flight attendants. The flight was operated by Qatar Airways<\/a><\/span> as part of the airline’s controversial wet-lease agreement<\/a> with the Brisbane-based carrier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Crew remained on high alert for most of the 14-hour journey as two men claimed a gun and faced restraint upon landing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,273,675,1514,1709,937],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-538160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-australia","category-flight-attendant","category-qatar-airways","category-unruly-passenger","category-virgin-australia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t