Ok. So it's only the lead singer of The Cranberries, Dolores O'Riordan, but, I got your attention...didn't I?
http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/cranberries-singer-arrested-for-violent-airplane-attack/ar-AA7tYcJ
(Heh. Clever thread title MD. :P )
Yeah, I read that story as well. Talk about a bizarre episode. Maybe she was drunk?
I heard she had some kind of sleeping pill she took for the flight, which fueled her flipping out apparently.
An idiopathic reaction. Some folks who take a medication react entirely differently to how most would when given the same thing. Panic and paranoia resulting from what would make others sleepy is actually a classic example.
...And I just learned something new today. Thanks for the info.