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A woman plane passenger downed 14 shots of whisky then pulled her underwear down to her ankles and tried to join the mile-high club with the man sitting next to her.

Alicia Elizabeth Lander, 26, pleaded not guilty to committing an indecent act on a plane, claiming she was 'so drunk' that she 'had no recollection of what happened'.

But judge Timothy Gabriel dismissed her plea and also found her guilty of committing an act of mischief, assaulting a police officer and damaging property.

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Lander started drinking at the airport on January 24, 2014, because she was 'depressed' before boarding her flight from Toronto, Canada, to Halifax, a court heard.

She claimed a man sat next to her at the airport lounge and bought her up to 10 shots of whisky, which she downed in about 20 minutes, the Globe and Mail reports.

And after boarding the plane, Lander carried on drinking and asked if she could change seats to sit with her friend, according to John Dunn, a steward on the Air Canada Flight 610.

About an hour into the journey, Mr Dunn claims a passenger told him the people sitting in seats 14A and 14B were "about to join the mile-high club."

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He testified that he found Lander and the man with a small jacket over their laps, but claimed he could easily tell what they were doing.

Lander was asked to go back to her original seat, where she slept for the remainder of the flight, Mr Dunn said.

When the plane landed, judge Gabriel said Lander became "combative" and called Mr Dunn a liar when he gave his version of events to police.

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Officer Mc Routliffe claimed Lander was disruptive and screaming profanities after meeting police at the arrivals gate, he also said she kicked him twice.

Lander was placed in an interview room and Mr Routliffe said she started kicking holes in the walls.

She is expected to be sentenced in July.

Jason George Chase, 40, was also charged with committing an indecent act, to which he initially pleaded not guilty, before changing his plea to guilty in January, The Globe and Mail reports.