Galina Rusanova is a Russian-born English artist, actress and writer currently residing in London.

Rusanova was arrested on April 30, 2009, after attacking flight attendants on her April 29 flight from London to Los Angeles, forcing the craft to divert their landing to Bangor, Maine. Rusanova was arrested and charged with interference with a flight crew and assault the day after the incident, after spending the night in a hospital under observation. The artist had allegedly drank wine and a bottle of liquid bathroom soap after taking prescription pills.BangorDailyNews.com: Passenger faces air rage charges after swallowing wine, pills, soap (May 1, 2009)

Trouble reportedly began on the April 29, 2009, flight about three hours into the trip, when Rusanova had trouble returning to her seat and started kicking a fellow passengers seat while acting highly intoxicated. Rusanova slept for a brief period and then started roaming incoherently around the cabin, bothering customers. She than drank a bottle of liquid bathroom soap. The flight attendants tried to return her to her seat, but she began to assault them, attempting to bite the leg of an attendant.BangorDailyNews.com: Passenger faces air rage charges after swallowing wine, pills, soap (May 1, 2009)