Fight and harassment of flight attendants: on the weekend, several passengers wreaked havoc on planes

A serious fight broke out between two passengers on an American Airlines flight on August 1. Provoked her stuck reclined seat, the publication said. New York Post.

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The footage shows how two men started a fight in a cramped space. Other passengers asked them to calm down. All of this happened on a flight from New Orleans, Louisiana to Austin, Texas.

The video recorded one man threatening another passenger before punching him while another man stood between them.

The two men then began to beat the passenger who struck first.

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“Stop it!” - one of the plane passengers shouts.

"Don't hit me!" - the woman begs.

“Just don’t touch anyone on the plane,” asks another passenger.

Officers from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Police Department arrived on the scene after the plane touched down due to a "passenger quarrel."

The airline's statement did not indicate what exactly caused the dispute, but the passenger said that they began to sort things out "because of the seat, which was jammed and it was impossible to fold it back."

One witness confirmed that in Austin, two men began to clash with each other over a stuck seat as the liner approached its destination.

“When the plane finally landed in Austin and the seat belt sign was turned off, both men jumped up and started fighting,” one passenger said.

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These people were taken out of the plane and detained. Austin police said police responded at the airport but did not make any arrests in connection with the incident.

Tape to the chair

Another passenger was arrested after wreaking havoc on a flight to South Florida. Local10.

The situation became so tense that the flight attendants had to tape the man to his seat with duct tape.

As a result, 22-year-old Maxwell Berry was arrested on three counts of battery.

This happened on a Frontier Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Miami.

Alfredo Rivera was a passenger on that flight and pulled out his cell phone to record what happened.

“He started getting aggressive and basically attacking the male flight attendant,” Rivera said.

According to the arrest report, Berry touched the breasts of two flight attendants.

The report says that the arrested person drank several drinks during the flight.

Frontier Airlines sent the following statement: “During a flight from Philadelphia to Miami on July 31, a passenger made inappropriate physical contact with a flight attendant and subsequently attacked another flight attendant. As a result, the passenger had to be held until the plane touched down in Miami and law enforcement officers arrived. If necessary, in such circumstances, the flight attendants will be released from flights until the investigation of the incident is completed. "

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