Disruptive Passenger Duct-Taped to First-Class Seat as Plane Makes Emergency Landing
Crew and passengers restrained the man with duct tape and zip ties after he allegedly used racial and anti-LGBT slurs and assaulted others.
- On Thursday, American Airlines flight 618 from Dallas to Newark diverted to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport after a passenger became disruptive and was duct-taped to his seat by crew and fellow travelers.
- Chaos erupted roughly two hours into the flight when the passenger shouted racial and anti-gay slurs, assaulting nearby travelers. Witness Juan Mejia said, "Just like a light switch, it went from quiet to yelling and chaos."
- Retired law enforcement officer Juan Mejia and Richard Olenick intervened, restraining the man while flight attendants applied zip ties and duct tape. Photos show the passenger secured across his upper body and arms.
- Upon arrival at BWI, law enforcement and FBI agents boarded to take the passenger into custody. Witness Michelle Ng Reyes reported police physically removed him after he initially refused to deplane.
- Travel expert Peter Greenberg noted such restraints are standard protocol when passengers become unruly, enabling crews to maintain safety. American Airlines stated that customer and employee safety is their "top priority" and they "do not tolerate violence.
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An American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Newark was diverted to Baltimore on Thursday night after a passenger allegedly launched into a drunken tirade, used racial and anti-gay slurs, assaulted the person next to him, and had to be strapped into his seat with duct tape and zip ties handed out by the crew.
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BS BULLETIN: An American Airlines passenger allegedly erupted into a racist and anti-gay tirade aboard a flight from Dallas to Newark before becoming physically violent. Witnesses say he struck the passenger beside him, hit the man’s computer and pushed a woman who tried to intervene. Flight attendants and passengers finally subdued him with zip ties and enough duct tape to leave him strapped to his seat until the plane could divert to Baltimore…
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