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Airline passenger swears, throws water, makes threats and hits an elderly man with a fork
In a truth is stranger than fiction tale, picture this: You're sitting minding your own business on a Jet Airways flight from London to Mumbai, India. The engines are humming. Perhaps, the "fasten your seat belt" light has gone off. Luggage is stored and you're settled in. All seems normal. But WAIT! The young guy in his mid-twenties who is sitting near you starts verbally abusing you and anyone within earshot. Then he ramps it up a notch and grabs at the breasts of the woman sitting next to him.
After she moves seats to get away, he continues on his rampage going from bad to worse. He stands on his seat for better a vantage point, perhaps.
When the male flight attendant tries to stop him, the passenger (allegedly) throws water in the attendant's face and continues his verbal rampage.
He also threatens to throw his passport out the window (neat trick on an airplane), rips up his boarding pass, and hurls a fork at an elderly man.
Finally, the passenger is handcuffed and tied to his seat after the pilot asked for something to be done with the guy. Eventually, he falls asleep and wakes up right as rain as if nothing had happened. Regardless of his personality shift, after the plane landed in Mumbai, the police arrested him because of his behaviors. Now they're trying to figure out what caused the outburst.
According to the article in The Times of India, the man is an engineering student.
For a video of the news story, click here.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Daryl Manning Jan 31st 2009 8:54PM
Wow, that is so strange that I just read that.
I was on an overnight haul from Vancouver to London three years ago and one of the passengers (also on his way to India, I believe) totally lost it on the plane though I believe he was inebriated. He started abusing passengers, yelling at air stewards, until the pilot came back and told him if he didn't quiet down while we were over Canadian air space he'd land and have him taken into custody.
Once we were out over water though, he started acting up again and was furious when his duty free would not be delivered to his seat they'd cut him off drinking). We circled Heathrow for a little while and were paced by vans when we landed. Two of the largest bobbies I've ever seen got on the plane and carried him off to applause (he'd really scared people). The weird thing was though, he'd passed out somewhere during the night and when he woek up he seemed like a quiet well adjusted passenger.
Not sure if it was the alcohol or what, but it's scarily reminiscent of this story.
Wonder if it as the same guy ?... =]
Brian Feb 1st 2009 11:41AM
And people still think that flight attendants are merely waiters, waitresses, luggage handlers and pharmacists... "Oh, sandvich girl!"
Heather Poole May 11th 2009 7:27PM
I'm right here and that's going to cost you $10 and yes it's really turkey. We don't serve ham.