SON OF HARRY HOPE
2006-09-06 21:32:53 UTC
PARIS (UPI) -- Passengers on a flight from France to Mauritius have
filed suit against Air France after musician Bonnie Tyler performed a
song at the request of the co-pilot.
The passengers, believed to be Belgian, complained to the airline
after the Welsh singer performed part of her 1983 hit "Total Eclipse
of the Heart" at the request of the co-pilot, who retired after the
flight, The Mail on Sunday reported.
"I was asleep in First Class. The stewardess came and said the
co-pilot was retiring. And they asked me would I sing to him. They
were having a bit of a party," Tyler said.
The complaining passengers reportedly claimed they were traumatized by
the experience and had feared for their safety during the celebration.
The complaint eventually escalated into a legal dispute.
An Air France official said: "The claim against Air France, which it
completely rejects, is that the celebrations got more and more unruly
and came to a climax when Bonnie sang.
"Air France is saying that any suggestion there was anything more than
a few slaps on the back for the co-pilot is nonsense, and it
completely rejects the claims that the passengers were at any sort of
risk."
"The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing
winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sear."
--William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) US poet and newspaper editor
filed suit against Air France after musician Bonnie Tyler performed a
song at the request of the co-pilot.
The passengers, believed to be Belgian, complained to the airline
after the Welsh singer performed part of her 1983 hit "Total Eclipse
of the Heart" at the request of the co-pilot, who retired after the
flight, The Mail on Sunday reported.
"I was asleep in First Class. The stewardess came and said the
co-pilot was retiring. And they asked me would I sing to him. They
were having a bit of a party," Tyler said.
The complaining passengers reportedly claimed they were traumatized by
the experience and had feared for their safety during the celebration.
The complaint eventually escalated into a legal dispute.
An Air France official said: "The claim against Air France, which it
completely rejects, is that the celebrations got more and more unruly
and came to a climax when Bonnie sang.
"Air France is saying that any suggestion there was anything more than
a few slaps on the back for the co-pilot is nonsense, and it
completely rejects the claims that the passengers were at any sort of
risk."
"The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing
winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sear."
--William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) US poet and newspaper editor