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Sancho

(9,065 posts)
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 06:56 AM Jul 2017

Bar fight at 20,000 ft? Don't they screen people in 1st class any more?

https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2017/07/08/charges-fists-wine-bottles-flew-after-passenger-tried-to-open-door-on-seattle-beijing-flight/

Fists, bottles flew after man tried to open door on Seattle-Beijing flight, charges say

SEATTLE — A 23-year-old Florida man on a Thursday flight from Seattle to Beijing tried to open an exit door on the airborne Boeing 767, sparking a wild brawl with flight attendants and passengers who used wine bottles and zip ties to subdue the combative man, according to a federal complaint.

Meanwhile, Hudek allegedly punched one of the attendants twice in the face, hit a male passenger in the head with a red dessert-wine bottle and punched him several times.

A flight attendant grabbed two wine bottles and hit Hudek with both, breaking one over his head
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Bar fight at 20,000 ft? Don't they screen people in 1st class any more? (Original Post) Sancho Jul 2017 OP
Since he is probably on the no fly list now, how does he get back to Florida from Beijing? Not Ruth Jul 2017 #1
Sounds like he ended up in Seattle, not Beijing. Laffy Kat Jul 2017 #2
I'm thinking in a older model rental car in handcuffs w/ 2 annoyed US Marshalls irisblue Jul 2017 #13
Florida man Zorro Jul 2017 #3
He's at it again. rickford66 Jul 2017 #6
Who is Hudak? riverbendviewgal Jul 2017 #4
He reportedly said, "do you know who I am?" Sancho Jul 2017 #5
How many felonies did he commit? Aristus Jul 2017 #7
More like 35,000 feet, and there's no way he could have The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #8
Sounds like a business plan for a niche airline NotASurfer Jul 2017 #9
Headquarters in Florida, of course. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #10
Carry-on alligators! NotASurfer Jul 2017 #14
Fly the friendly skies? rurallib Jul 2017 #11
Hudek? Hodor? Orrex Jul 2017 #12
Maybe he noticed something was missing DFW Jul 2017 #15

Laffy Kat

(16,354 posts)
2. Sounds like he ended up in Seattle, not Beijing.
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 07:28 AM
Jul 2017

The articles says the captain diverted back to Seattle. Wherever he flies at this point, I imagine it will be with handcuffs and an escort.

irisblue

(32,828 posts)
13. I'm thinking in a older model rental car in handcuffs w/ 2 annoyed US Marshalls
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 01:35 PM
Jul 2017

Also, would the Feds try him in Seattle?

Aristus

(66,075 posts)
7. How many felonies did he commit?
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 11:03 AM
Jul 2017

Just interfering with a commercial airline flight is a felony. Does every act of gross douchebaggery committed while interfering with a flight count as a separate charge?

I have a feeling he is going to be asking "Do you know who I am?" in a prison yard for a long, long time...

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,267 posts)
8. More like 35,000 feet, and there's no way he could have
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 11:23 AM
Jul 2017

opened the door because of the pressure differential at that altitude. That's beside the point, though, since obviously the guy was as mad as a box of frogs (he's Florida Man, after all), and under no circumstances should Florida Man in any of his nuttier-than-squirrel-shit incarnations be allowed to even try to open a door. It scares people. The fact that he kept going after being pelted with wine bottles suggests that he was even more disturbed than the average Florida Man, or maybe he was on meth or something. I'm also wondering how a non-rev passenger got a seat in first class, since that hardly ever happens. Usually you get the lousiest seat back by the lavs or near the engines.

NotASurfer

(2,135 posts)
9. Sounds like a business plan for a niche airline
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 11:28 AM
Jul 2017

Headquarter in Bentonville AR perhaps.

Instead of first class, have drunk tank seating. Hire bouncers instead of flight attendants for this section.

If The Dang Gummint won't allow smoking, encourage chaw.

Beer served to them what looks old enough.

Free Dr Pepper refills for baby bottles.

And replace complicated airplane toilets with good old reliable one-hole outhouse seating.

Bonus points if pilot does a barrel roll prior to landing

DFW

(54,047 posts)
15. Maybe he noticed something was missing
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 04:09 PM
Jul 2017

After all, 45 minutes into a United flight, and no United personnel had yet lifted a finger against any of the passengers. The poor guy obviously noticed something was very wrong, and was just trying to rectify the situation before the tranquility got out of hand.

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