German tourist Mathias Jorg who injured airline crew member in mid-flight incident free to leave country German national Mathias Jorg, 54, is free to leave the country after receiving a suspended sentence following an incident on a flight into Brisbane. A GERMAN tourist who injured one airline crew member and made a move to open the plane's door midair after being caught smoking is free to leave the country after avoiding jail. Mathias Jorg, 55, received a 12-month wholly-suspended sentence after pleading guilty in the Brisbane Magistrates Court to charges including smoking in an aircraft toilet, assaulting a crew member and interfering with another crew member. He was also charged with obstructing a Commonwealth official after he allegedly attempted to "headbutt" a federal police officer who had offered him a change of clothes and an opportunity to smoke once he landed. Magistrate Previtera ordered Jorg to pay a $200 smoking fine, as well as costs totalling $1115 to a victim and $1449 to Emirates. He was released on a $1000 three-year good behaviour bond. Crown prosecutor Anita Sharma told the court that Jorg's behaviour personally injured members of the cabin crew - leading to medical expenses and a loss in wages - and diverted the crew's attention away from "important duties" and to "restraining" him. She said the "seasoned traveller" didn't co-operate with law enforcement once the plane touched down either. While acknowledging his smoking habit, she said it didn't excuse his aggressive or abusive behaviour. Defence lawyer Alisha Radford from Legal Aid said her client accepted the allegations levelled against him. She said he had consumed five small bottles of red wine over 15-hours, adding he was not intoxicated on the flight "but in a state of anxiety." The court heard Jorg was a heavy smoker who used cigarettes as a calming mechanism. Mr Radford said his actions were "out of character" and he didn't remember a lot of his actions. Magistrate Previtera said the offences were serious, with passengers and crew of the expectation that people would behave in a "safe and orderly" manner on-board a plane. "Given the circumstances, you are clearly an addicted smoker and one would wonder why as an addicted smoker and being anxious about being in small spaces, you would even get on an aircraft," she said. But you would do so after consuming alcohol sufficiently explains what happened on that flight. She ruled that actual jail time served was not within range, deciding to suspend his sentence immediately.