Alcoholism is Alive and Well

Man accused of disrupting flight says he's due at rehab center 12-02-05 CHARLOTTE, N.C. A man accused of urinating in an airplane aisle and lighting a cigarette during a flight to Dulles International Airport told a judge that he's due to check into rehab. Forty-one-year-old Mark McGovern told a federal magistrate judge in Charlotte, North Carolina yesterday that he's an unemployed lawyer and is supposed to check into an alcohol treatment program at a veterans hospital in Tampa, Florida on Friday. He didn't say why he was on the flight from Orlando to Dulles on Friday, or explain his behavior. The plane, with 117 passengers, was diverted to Charlotte and McGovern was arrested. It later completed the flight to Dulles. McGovern is charged with creating a disturbance and interfering with a flight crew. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison and a 250-thousand-dollar fine. The judge ordered that McGovern should remain in custody until his story could be verified and escorted to the treatment center. Information from: The Charlotte Observer, http://www.charlotte.com Copyright 2005 Associated Press.