Pete Doherty's Plane Ban (Celebrity Secrets)
Monday, June 05, 2006
Pete Doherty has been banned from flying with easyJet after a syringe covered in blood was found in a toilet of a flight he was travelling on.
The cheap fares company banned Doherty even though he was freed without charge after being detained by police on the plane in Barcelona.
The captain of the flight from Gatwick had radioed ahead to ask police to meet the plane at the city's El Prat airport, reports Sky News.
Doherty and four friends were taken to a police station and their bags were searched, but no syringes were found, although the singer was carrying a container with methadone in it.
The troubled singer is taking the heroin substitute methadone as part of a drug treatment programme.
Aviation regulations require passengers to inform an airline in advance if they are carrying a syringe for medical reasons and Doherty failed to do so, according to easyJet.
Doherty and members of his band Babyshambles were travelling in a seven-strong party on their way to perform at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona.
EasyJet said that Doherty and the other members of Babyshambles would be banned from flying with the company in the future.
Doherty, a self-confessed addict, has been arrested several times for drug offences, and has been convicted for possessing heroin.
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