A turbulent journey. While American Airlines Flight 1915 was flying over the United States, a passenger suddenly approached a flight attendant and seriously asked her to open the plane's door, reports report. American media. And this Canadian national became increasingly angry at the obvious refusal of the aircraft staff to grant his incongruous request before rushing towards the exit, pushing in the process the hostess who was blocking his way.
Witnesses to this scene, other passengers on this flight from Milwaukee (Wisconsin) to Dallas (Texas) then overpowered the individual, according to the public safety report from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport . A decisive intervention, since it was thanks to their help that a flight attendant was then able to tie the wrists and ankles of the recalcitrant passenger with tape. Before leaving him lying on his stomach for the rest of the flight.
“He was heading towards the door. So I grabbed this guy from behind and stopped him from pulling the handle,” Doug McCright, one of the passengers who overpowered the individual, reported to ABC News.
Once the plane finally arrived safely in Dallas, airport police and the FBI arrested the man, before removing him from the plane in a wheelchair. According to the FBI report, the man was then presented to a doctor for a mental health evaluation and the investigation is ongoing. As for the jostled flight attendant, she was taken to hospital with injuries to her wrist and neck.
In a statement, American Airlines thanked “our team members and customers for handling a difficult situation.”
