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Flight Diverted After Passenger Attacks Teens With Fork

Chicago-Germany flight was diverted to Boston

(Newser) - A man from India stabbed two teenagers with a fork, slapped a female passenger and a crew member, and mimicked shooting himself during an international flight, authorities said. The flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany on Saturday was diverted to Boston, where the 28-year-old man was arrested and charged with...

Cops Say Flier Was 'Verbally Abusive.' Others Disagree

Apparent squabble over empty seat on JetBlue flight to Vegas triggers midflight return to Boston

(Newser) - A JetBlue flight from Boston to Las Vegas made an unexpected return to Logan International Airport on Monday night after a passenger was deemed unruly, according to Massachusetts State Police. Flight 777 turned back over Western New York due to what the MSP described as a "noncompliant" and "...

Flight Attendants Report Mid-Flight Assault

Flight was diverted to Boise so woman could be removed from plane

(Newser) - A passenger was arrested after she was accused of assaulting two flight attendants aboard an Alaska Airlines flight, prompting an unscheduled landing in Boise. Authorities said Tracy Barkhimer, 61, of Washington state, was on Flight 1057 from Portland to Dallas late Tuesday night when she began acting erratically and struck...

Cops: Crew Was Trying to Calm Flier When She Attacked

Police say 61-year-old Alaska Airlines passenger struck two flight attendants

(Newser) - An Alaska Airlines passenger had to be restrained Tuesday after alleging attacking at least one crew member, forcing an emergency landing. The flight from Portland, Oregon, to Dallas ultimately landed in Boise, Idaho, where police arrested 61-year-old Tracy Barkhimer of White Salmon, Washington, and charged her with two counts of...

Woman Arrested for Sexual Battery, Assault on Delta Flight

Cody Bryne charged after allegedly grabbing employee's breast, warning, 'If I ever find you alone...'

(Newser) - A woman trying to take a Delta flight out of Salt Lake City was arrested instead after being accused of going on the attack while apparently intoxicated. According to a police booking affidavit cited by KSL and FOX 13 , 31-year-old Cody Sierra Marie Bryne had boarded the flight headed to...

Cops: Unruly Flier Hurled Racial Slurs, Swung Skateboard

Breeze Airways says passenger caused LA-bound plane to divert to Colorado

(Newser) - There are unruly passengers , and then there's what happened here. Breeze Airways says it had to divert a flight Wednesday because a passenger got into an altercation with fellow fliers and flight attendants, shouted racial slurs, waved around a skateboard, hit people with his belt , and then managed to...

Pilot to ATC: Passenger Is Fighting My Flight Attendant

SkyWest flight to Detroit had to make emergency landing in Iowa after apparent scuffle on board

(Newser) - A regional airline flight heading to Detroit had to make an emergency landing in eastern Iowa after a passenger fought with a flight attendant and tried to open an exit door midair, according to the pilot's communications with air traffic controllers. The pilot of SkyWest Airlines Flight 3612 contacted...

Man Who Sneaked Onto Philly Flight Must Pay $59,143

That was the cost of canceling the flight, per American

(Newser) - A Philadelphia man who sneaked onto an American Airlines flight in June 2024 was on Tuesday ordered to pay $59,143 in restitution—a sum equal to what canceling the flight cost the airline. A press release from the US Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, states that Jonathan...

Flier Called for Help, Then Attacked: Feds

Flight diverted after man allegedly tried to drag flight attendant by the collar

(Newser) - A routine flight turned chaotic when a Kansas man allegedly attacked a flight attendant midair, forcing an emergency landing and prompting federal charges. Authorities are now piecing together what led to the onboard disturbance that stunned passengers and crew on Tuesday night. Prosecutors allege that Julius Jordan Priester, 24,...

On Diverted Flight, 2 Separate 'Unruly' Incidents

Man tried to open exit doors, triggering diversion, before passenger punched door in frustration

(Newser) - An "unruly passenger" flying from Tokyo to Houston decided to make an early escape, trying two different exit doors on the mid-air plane, before the flight was diverted Saturday, per CNN . Passengers and crew restrained the individual before All Nippon Airways Flight 114 landed in Seattle at 4:19am,...

'Disruptive' Flier Forces Flight to Turn Back After 4 Hours

Passengers say 'crazy man' was unhappy about his meal on NYC-Milan flight

(Newser) - An American Airlines flight from New York City's JFK Airport made it almost halfway to Milan on Monday night before it was forced to turn back. Passengers say they were initially told that Flight 198 was turning back after four hours because of a technical problem, but it was...

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'Combative' passenger on Frontier flight to Houston tried, and almost succeeded, in breaking window

(Newser) - A flight from Denver to Houston got messy on Tuesday evening when one of the passengers tried (and seemed to almost succeed) to break one of the plane's windows midair. ABC News reports that Frontier Airlines Flight 4856 was not even a half-hour into its trip when a witness...

After Flight Lands, Woman Climbs Out Onto Wing

'Anxious' Alaska Airlines passenger was taken to a Seattle hospital for observation

(Newser) - A woman described as "anxious" by Port of Seattle authorities and "disruptive" by Alaska Airlines decided to take a different route out of an aircraft after it landed in Seattle on Sunday. Authorities say that after the flight from Milwaukee arrived at its gate, the woman opened an...

Another Day, Another Unruly Airline Passenger

Indian-American photographer says woman went on racist rant against his family

(Newser) - Another chapter in the growing novel of airline passengers behaving badly: An Indian-American wedding photographer posted video of a currently unidentified woman hurling racial abuse at him and his family after a United Airlines flight from Cancun to Los Angeles, reports the Independent . What went down:
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Passengers Duct-Tape Man Who Wanted Mid-Air Exit

They came to the rescue after he argued with flight attendant, tried to get to cabin door

(Newser) - A man who wouldn't take no for an answer when he asked to get off a plane mid-flight was pinned down and duct-taped by other passengers on the Tuesday flight from Milwaukee to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. According to an incident report, the Canadian man tried to open...

Napping Plane Passenger Wakes Up to Punches

Everett Chad Nelson accused of viciously attacking sleeping passenger, who is deaf

(Newser) - A man appeared to randomly attack a deaf passenger on a cross-country United Airlines flight on Monday, leaving the non-verbal victim terrified and bleeding, according to a witness. Sandhya Gupta says she awoke two hours into the flight from San Francisco to Washington Dulles International Airport to the sound of...

Flight Delayed for 'Extraordinary' Reason

Punches were allegedly thrown in Heathrow airport over whether one would remove her hat

(Newser) - Two American women reportedly got in a fist fight at London's Heathrow Airport on Monday after one took offense to the other's red MAGA hat. The incident began as the women were preparing to board a British Airways flight to Austin, Texas. One women didn't like the...

Unruly Flier Must Pay for Wasted Fuel

Australia's Wade Corbett to fork over nearly $12K in all

(Newser) - Airplane fuel is expensive, an unruly Jetstar passenger has come to learn after being ordered to pay compensation for a flight diversion. The Australian man, named by 7News as Wade Corbett, was ordered to pay nearly $12,000, including more than $5,000 in fuel costs, after his flight from...

Ryanair Chief Is Not a Fan of Airport Drinking

Michael O'Leary pushes for 2-drink limit per person, saying it could minimize in-flight violence

(Newser) - Michael O'Leary doesn't want to be a (literal) buzzkill. But the Ryanair chief is now pushing for a two-drink max per boarding pass at airports, saying he thinks such a limit could help tamp down on the rise of inflight violence by inebriated fliers, reports the BBC . "...

Passenger Arrested After Leaving Aircraft via Wing

'The man was exhibiting some quite strange behavior,' fellow passenger says

(Newser) - A passenger was arrested at an Australian airport after he left a stationary airliner through an emergency exit, walked along a wing, and then climbed down a jet engine to the tarmac on Thursday, officials said. Jetstar Flight JQ507 had arrived at Melbourne Airport from Sydney and parked at a...

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