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Last Friday, during a two-hour Air Canada flight from Toronto to Halifax, a couple decided to break up with the journey with what police later described as becoming “engaged in sexual acts.”

The couple, a 24-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man, kept their clothes on, but the activity was apparently obvious enough for the flight crew to call ahead for two Nova Scotia RCMP to meet the couple at the arrival gate.

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The pair could have potentially escaped with a warning, but the woman was arrested after allegedly assaulting one of the officers. She reportedly became “upset and disruptive” following their queries.

It didn’t use to be this way, of course. Up to the 1990s, airborne nooky was largely seen as an innocent act of sexual daring, rather than a surefire way to schedule a meeting with uniformed officers.

But in today’s age of cramped high-security commercial aviation, where a simple trip to third base can prompt arrest, fines or even an international incident, do not be surprised if the practice slowly fades into extinction.