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Grounded for: Drug use. Flight attendants found the British musician slumped over the plane's toilet with a hypodermic needle, described as looking "completely out of it."

Grounded in June 2009 for: Drug use. In Flight attendants found British Musician Pete Doherty slumped over the plane’s toilet with a hypodermic needle, described as looking “completely out of it.”  (Photo by BERTHOLD STADLER/AFP/Getty Images)

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Let these celebs show you what not to do on a plane.

Grounded in March 2007 for: Excessive drinking. Black Eyed Peas Singer Fergie was stopped from boarding a jet in Los Angeles, allegedly slurring her words and having trouble standing.

Grounded in March 2007 for: Excessive drinking. Black Eyed Peas Singer Fergie was stopped from boarding a jet in Los Angeles, allegedly slurring her words and having trouble standing.  (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Grounded in July 2006 for: Fighting over a hair dryer. Actress Mo'Nique was escorted out by police after trying to store her stylist's hair dryer in first class. The 9/11 reference probably didn't help.

Grounded in July 2006 for: Fighting over a hair dryer. Actress Mo’Nique was escorted out by police after trying to store her stylist’s hair dryer in first class. The 9/11 reference probably didn’t help.  (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Grounded in April 2001 for: Trashing a British Airways flight during a drunken rampage. Staff and passengers say REM Guitarist Peter Buck sprayed the crew with yogurt, toppled a cart of breakfast crockery and reached for the control panel of an exit door.

Grounded in April 2001 for: Trashing a British Airways flight during a drunken rampage. Staff and passengers say REM Guitarist Peter Buck sprayed the crew with yogurt, toppled a cart of breakfast crockery and reached for the control panel of an exit door.  (Photo by Graham Denholm/Getty Images)

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Grounded in Dec. 2009 for: Acting childish. Police escorted an irate Ivana Trump off a plane in Florida after she became belligerent over children running and screaming in the aisles.

Grounded in Dec. 2009 for: Acting childish. Police escorted an irate Ivana Trump off a plane in Florida after she became belligerent over children running and screaming in the aisles.  (Photo by Francois Durand/Getty Images)

Grounded in Jan. 2007 for: Hiding a marijuana-like substance. NFL Quarterback Michael Vick was stopped at security when it was discovered his water bottle had a secret compartment containing a pungent particulate.

Grounded in Jan. 2007 for: Hiding a marijuana-like substance. NFL Quarterback Michael Vick was stopped at security when it was discovered his water bottle had a secret compartment containing a pungent particulate.  (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Grounded July 2006 for: Excessive drinking. Nobody hassles the 'Hoff, except for British Airways where witnesses said the former "Baywatch" star was too drunk to board a flight to Los Angeles

Grounded July 2006 for: Excessive drinking. Nobody hassles the ‘Hoff, except for British Airways where witnesses said the former “Baywatch” star was too drunk to board a flight to Los Angeles  (Photo by MICHAEL GOTTSCHALK/AFP/Getty Images)

Grounded in Sept. 2004 for: Mistakenly being added to a terrorist watch list. The Cat Stevens' cross-country flight was diverted in air when his adopted Muslim name Yusuf Islam raised red flags at customs.

Grounded in Sept. 2004 for: Mistakenly being added to a terrorist watch list. The Cat Stevens’ cross-country flight was diverted in air when his adopted Muslim name Yusuf Islam raised red flags at customs.  (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

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Grounded in Jan. 2010 for: Having a "fishy" boarding pass. Joan Rivers, bumped by a gate agent, was told that having both her married and professional names on her passport was suspicious. David Letterman would later joke "Airport security said they were suspicious of Joan's passport. Well, of course -- the photo was her old face!"

Grounded in Jan. 2010 for: Having a “fishy” boarding pass. Joan Rivers, bumped by a gate agent, was told that having both her married and professional names on her passport was suspicious. David Letterman would later joke “Airport security said they were suspicious of Joan’s passport. Well, of course -- the photo was her old face!”  (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Grounded in June 2000 for: Flight interference. Wide Receiver Randy Moss was ejected for arguing with a US Airways flight attendant over the storage of his carry-on luggage.

Grounded in June 2000 for: Flight interference. Wide Receiver Randy Moss was ejected for arguing with a US Airways flight attendant over the storage of his carry-on luggage.  (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images)

Grounded in Jan. 1989 for: Dogging the flight crew. Zsa Zsa Gabor refused to put her Shih Tzu dogs, Genghis Khan and Macho Man in their custom carriers as they wandered around the cabin.

Grounded in Jan. 1989 for: Dogging the flight crew. Zsa Zsa Gabor refused to put her Shih Tzu dogs, Genghis Khan and Macho Man in their custom carriers as they wandered around the cabin.  (Photo by KIM KULISH/AFP/Getty Images)

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