SYDNEY (AP) — A passenger has been fined for urinating in a cup during a delay in deplaning after landing at Sydney Airport.
The incident, after a 3-hour Air New Zealand flight from Auckland, occurred last December and a Sydney court fined the 53-year-old man 600 Australian dollars ($395) for offensive behavior in February, officials said Friday.
The incident only came to public attention on Friday, when New Zealand news website Stuff reported that a passenger in the same row, identified only as Hollv, said she had reported the behavior to the air crew.
She said she and her 15-year-old daughter were sitting in the aisle and middle seats when the man in the window seat, whose name has not been released, was urinating in a cup.
Holly said the plane had been on the tarmac for about 20 minutes, waiting for a terminal gate to be allocated, when she heard the unmistakable sound of the passenger urinating in a cup, Stuff reported.
She said the man was “obviously quite drunk” and spilled urine on a flight attendant as he left the plane, it reported.
But the mishap with the attendant wasn’t his crime. Australian Federal Police said in a statement that officers removed him from the plane because he had “urinated into a cup while in his seat.”
Air New Zealand said it does not comment on individual incidents. It said it bans between five and 10 customers each month for disruptive behavior, including intoxication.
FILE - Two Air New Zealand passenger jets taxi past each other at Sydney Airport on July 13, 2003. A passenger has been fined for urinating in a cup during a delay on deplaning after landing at Sydney Airport. Officials said on Friday, April 5, 2024, in incident after a 3-hour Air New Zealand flight from Auckland occurred in December last year and a Sydney court fined the 53-year-old man 600 Australian dollars for offensive behavior in February. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Ross Stripling threw six strong scoreless innings to earn his first win in nearly two years, and the Oakland Athletics hit two home runs to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 on Wednesday to complete their first series sweep of the season.
Abraham Toro and Tyler Nevin both went deep to help the A’s to their fourth straight victory in front of another sparse crowd of 4,679 at the Coliseum. Kyle McCann added two hits and an RBI.
Stripling (1-5), acquired from San Francisco in the offseason, had lost 10 consecutive decisions for the A’s and Giants before putting the clamps on the Pirates offense. The veteran right-hander allowed three hits, had two strikeouts and retired the final seven batters he faced to gain his first win since Oct. 1, 2022.
Five Oakland relievers combined for three innings to complete the A’s fourth shutout of the season.
Toro put the A’s ahead early when he belted a 3-1 sinker from Quinn Priester (0-2) to center field that bounced off the top of the fence and went over.
Nevin extended his career-best hitting streak to nine games with his fourth homer of the season in the third to make it 2-0.
Oakland tacked on an unearned run in the fifth after Nevin reached on an infield single then scored on shortstop Onell Cruz’s throwing error that pulled Rowdy Tellez off the first base bag.
The Pirates missed a chance to score in the fourth inning when the A’s made a pair of errors after Cruz’s leadoff single. With a runner on third base, Oakland shortstop Darrell Hernaiz fielded Tellez’s grounder and threw home to get Cruz sliding across the plate.
Pittsburgh missed another chance when A’s reliever Austin Adams got Bryan Reynolds to strike out swinging with the bases loaded in the seventh.
Priester walked four and allowed five hits and three runs in six innings.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Pirates: C Yasmani Grandal (plantar fasciitis) made another start at DH for Triple-A Indianapolis and is expected to rejoin the big league club soon. … LHP Marco Gonzales (left forearm strain) has yet to resume throwing but the team remains optimistic for a possible quick return.
Athletics: Injured 2B Zack Gelof (left oblique strain) took infield practice before the game.
UP NEXT
Pirates: LHP Martín Pérez (1-1, 2.86 ERA) pitches the series opener against the Rockies on Friday. Pérez has allowed seven runs and 12 hits over his last two starts, covering 9 2/3 innings.
Athletics: LHP JP Sears (1-2, 4.64) faces the Marlins on Friday. Sears was tagged for seven runs in 6 1/3 innings against the Orioles in his previous start.
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Oakland Athletics' Nick Allen, from left, celebrates with JJ Bleday and Max Schuemann after the Athletics defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Oakland Athletics pitcher Mason Miller (19) celebrates with catcher Kyle McCann after the Athletics defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Oakland Athletics manager Mark Kotsay walks to the dugout after making a pitching change during the seventh inning of the team's baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Pittsburgh Pirates' Oneil Cruz runs to third base during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Oakland Athletics' Tyler Nevin (26) watches his home run in front of Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Henry Davis during the third inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Oakland Athletics pitcher Ross Stripling, bottom, works against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Oakland Athletics catcher Kyle McCann, left, tags out Pittsburgh Pirates' Oneil Cruz at home during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Oakland Athletics' Abraham Toro (31) reaches first base safely as Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman Rowdy Tellez, left, reaches for a throwing error by shortstop Oneil Cruz during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Oakland Athletics outfielder Tyler Nevin (26) scored on the play. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Oakland Athletics pitcher Ross Stripling works against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the first inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
