Passenger urinated outside a Southwest airplane's lavatory.

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A man was arrested Friday after he urinated near a galley door and threatened flight attendants on a flight from Dallas to Burbank, Calif., authorities said. The Southwest Airlines flight diverted to Albuquerque because the crew members “feared for their safety as well as that of the flight,” according to a federal complaint.

According to the complaint, Friday’s incident began when passenger Samson Hardridge, 33, of Lancaster, Calif., got up during the flight to use the lavatory at the back of the plane. A flight attendant asked him to stand in the aisle because the lavatory was occupied and space was tight in the galley. At that point, according to the complaint, Hardridge had his hands in his pants and asked if the flight attendant wanted to see his genitals. The answer was no. Despite a reminder to stay in the aisle, he “proceeded to the aft galley door of the aircraft and began urinating in the corner of the aircraft,” the complaint said.

Hardridge grew “hostile” when another flight attendant told him he couldn’t relieve himself there and when he was asked to clean up the mess. The flight attendant “felt as if Hardridge was going to attack” them as he yelled and threatened them, calling them profane names and invading their personal space. According to the complaint, the first flight attendant “feared for their life.”

After learning of the behavior, the pilot diverted the flight to Albuquerque. The criminal complaint, written by FBI Special Agent Stacey Stout, said there is probable cause to believe that Hardridge interfered with flight crew members and attendants, a federal offense. In a statement, Southwest said that local police met the plane at the gate and removed the passenger and that the flight continued to its original destination of Burbank “a short time later.”

The U.S. attorney’s office in New Mexico said Hardridge faces a possible sentence of up to 20 years in prison.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2022/02/24/southwest-urinate-unruly-passenger-arrested/

[marmar]

1. Samson Hardridge needs to do some hard time. Sick of this bullshit.

[kairos12]

2. Hey dumbass, urine trouble.

[Blue Owl]

3. I'd be pissed off if I were a passenger or crew member

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. We need a national no fly list for assholes like this jerk

[Silent3]

6. Since you don't get to take many flights when you're in prison...

...in this particular case the no-fly list would be a bit superfluous.

[Cha]

5. How many Examples of Why

they need a NO FLY list!

[peggysue2]

7. What the hell is wrong with these people?

Is it something in the water? Or are they simply all taking crazy pills?

This is a thirty-three year old man acting like a toddler. No excuse me, worse than a toddler bc a toddler would not make some lewd remark to a flight attendant and then purposely urinate as if marking his territory.

These people need to have their flight privileges revoked.

Disgusting behavior.

[Demovictory9]

8. Ewwww

[Crunchy Frog]

9. But it would be WRONG to put these people on a no fly list.

[BlackSkimmer]

10. I hope they throw the book at him.

Asking the flight attendant if she wanted to see his genitals is even worse than the urinating, imo.