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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
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,354 posts)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)Also, would the Feds try him in Seattle?
Zorro
(15,691 posts)rickford66
(5,498 posts)riverbendviewgal
(4,251 posts)I suspect he is a rich Trump supporters.
Sancho
(9,065 posts)Maybe one of tRump's Russian friends?
Aristus
(66,075 posts)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)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)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
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)They'd get a lot of local traffic that way.
NotASurfer
(2,135 posts)That works
rurallib
(62,342 posts)Orrex
(63,084 posts)DFW
(54,047 posts)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.