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A British Airways flight attendant who was discovered naked and high on drugs in a plane toilet during a flight has been spared prison.

Haden Pentecost, 41, was due to work on a flight from San Francisco to London Heathrow in May, Isleworth Crown Court heard on Friday (September 19).

Ahead of the journey, he told colleagues he was suffering stomach cramps but insisted he was fit to work. However, cabin managers later found him at the bottom of the stairs, described as dishevelled, pale, sweaty and erratic.

He then locked himself in a bathroom before emerging "completely naked and oblivious" to the fact he had no clothes on, prosecutor Natasha Lake told the court.

A colleague struggled to make sense of what he was saying before dressing him and moving him into a free se

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