American Airlines flight makes emergency landing due to 'unruly' passenger

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An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. made an emergency landing Sunday in Kansas City after a passenger attempted to enter the cockpit and open an exit door. Crew members and other passengers controlled the unruly passenger until he was taken into custody upon landing, The New York Times reported.

Mouaz Moustafa, a passenger on the plane, described the scene to the Times.
“A flight attendant ran to the back of the plane and got the coffee pot and continued to bash the guy on the head,” Moustafa told the newspaper, adding
the man was “bleeding profusely.”

American Airlines said that the flight landed safely and was met by law enforcement upon arrival. The airline added that the plane's crew “handled the circumstances with the utmost skill and professionalism,” the Times reported.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reported it has recently seen “disturbing increase in incidents where airline passengers have disrupted flights with threatening or violent behavior.” As of Feb. 8, the agency said it has seen 394 unruly passenger reports and 255 mask-related incidents this year.

https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/aviation/594075-american-airlines-flight-makes-emergency-landing-due-to-unruly

[mitch96]

1. Interesting how the Airline saw it and what actually happened...

The airline added that the plane's crew “handled the circumstances with the utmost skill and professionalism,” the Times reported.

"got the coffee pot and continued to bash the guy on the head,”

weird, hun...
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[Buns_of_Fire]

2. These days, that might have become part of their standard training. nt

[ForgedCrank]

3. "got the coffee pot and continued to bash the guy on the head"

I believe that is item 4 of the unruly passenger checklist in the manual.

[stopdiggin]

13. jumped out at me too

but, have to go on and say - "Brava! And give him a lick for me!"

(this individual was actually putting lives at risk with his behavior. needs to be subdued!)

[Demobrat]

4. He'll probably sue the flight attendant

for assault.

[LonePirate]

5. What the hell has gotten into people? What's behind the surge in bad passenger behavior?

You practically need a welding torch to break through a cockpit door nowadays not to mention the impossibility of a single human opening an exit door mid-flight. Stupidity and anger never mix well.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Without serious deterrence, it's gonna keep happening.

[Nay]

9. Agreed. The coffee pot was a great idea. So is the idea of diverting the

flight -- the more people are inconvenienced because of idiots like this, the more that bad behavior will be met by swift action.

[Thomas Hurt]

7. Maybe they need to have a strait jacket and ball gag on planes now.

[stollen]

8. I'd pay more to fly a non-US flag carrier

I would feel safer....fewer Americans

[RainCaster]

10. If the airlines banded together...

They could drop off an unruly passenger in the middle of nowhere, and no other airline should take them. Let them take an Uber home to LA from KC. Or where ever.

[BadGimp]

11. A flight attendant bashed the guys head in :)

"The airline added that the plane's crew “handled the circumstances with the utmost skill and professionalism,” the Times reported."

OK by me...

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. What these fools don't seem to understand is that, after 9/11,

people are a lot less willing to put up with their 30,000-foot tantrums. Anything that might compromise that plane's airworthiness is a threat to everyone on board.

So he got hit on the head. He should consider himself lucky he wasn't removed in five separate Thermos coolers.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. I am not willing to get on board an airplane and fly somewhere.

I'm in Santa Fe, my son is on the East Coast. I last saw him in October, 2019, before the Pandemic. I would love to see him again. But I'm not willing to get on board an airplane, and I'm not about to ask him to do something I won't do. Sigh. I will see him again at some point in the future.

[Grokenstein]

15. In addition to COVID testing

someday passengers are gonna have to pass a psych test and arrest record check before boarding a flight.

Not this clown, though. He's never flying again.