An American Airlines first class passenger was gagged and duct-taped to seat after attempting to exit the aircraft mid-flight and biting a flight attendant in the process. But this does not appear to be another incident of mask-fueled rage onboard. Emerging details suggest this was instead a medical issue.
Woman Gagged, Duct-Taped To First Class Seat After Biting Flight Attendant On American Airlines
I’ve held off on writing about this story for a few days as I waited to see if more details emerged.
Initially, we had only a (now-removed) video report on TikTok by Arieana Mathena about AA1774, traveling from Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) to Charlotte (CLT) on July 6th. In it, she explained:
“It was about a two-hour flight and around 1.30 all of a sudden they started turning the lights on and we see flight attendants running up and down the aisles frantically, kind of like, whispering to each other, talking on the phone with somebody, just frantic.
“Everyone’s kinda like ‘now we’re alert, what’s going on’. So the flight attendants weren’t saying anything, they kept running to First Class, kinda doing things, grabbing bags from the overhead.
“It was kinda like chaos and nobody knew what was going on.
“Then the pilot goes on the intercom and makes an announcement saying: ‘We ask that you guys stay in your seats for the remainder of the flights unless it’s an extreme emergency. We understand that there’s a bad situation on the plane and we’re working to fix it.”
Sounds of screaming were coming from the first class cabin, leaving most passengers wondering what the “bad situation” onboard was.
An American Airlines spokesperson has now confirmed the passenger “attempted to open the forward boarding door and physically assaulted, bit and caused injury to a flight attendant.”
Mathena later added that a flight attendant finally offered an explanation:
“She started explaining that there was a passenger in the First Class section that they believed had autism or schizophrenia and she had an outburst and had the urge to get off the plane… She was screaming and frantic and she went up to the exits and started banging on them.
“It took all five flight attendants to subdue her and literally take her down.”
Police and medical personnel met the flight upon landing and took the woman off in a stretcher.
Several passengers took pictures of the women duct taped to her seat. Because it appears related to a disability rather than poor behavior fueled by alcohol or an anti-mask bias, I am not going to share her picture on this blog, though you can readily find it online if you are curious.
CONCLUSION
I’m happy to prominently feature the mug shots of little thugs who don’t think the rules apply to them. This case, it seems to me, is different. Should additional facts emerge, I will update this story (and even place her picture in it), but for now I wish to simply commend flight attendants for their efforts and pray that the duct-taped passenger gets the help that she needs.
image: Cory W. Watts
@Matthew Klint, Care to explain why you did not cover John Kerry 2nd time NO mask offense and plane full of Texas democrat lawmakers with NO Mask? Are you pushing for partisan political agenda just like the rest of the mainstream media?
Maybe because there are more vaccinated people in a crowd of 1 TX Dem than a plane full of TX Reps? Science is real, I’m afraid
Science says at least 5 people tested positive so far from that flight.
Wow. Just wow.
The I cannot fathom the temerity to harass a blogger who has occasional posts about why he or she does not cover the material you deem relevant
You got me wrong here. I don’t have any problem with a blogger who calls right as right and wrong and wrong, regardless of ones political view. I’m here because of his travel advice and tips and not because of his political view. You are free to choose why you follow a person’s blog but you can’t impose that on others.
Feel free to go start Right Wing Travel Blog whenever you would like, it’s a wide open space. I’m sure it will be a barrel of fun spending 24/7 talking about cancel culture and the MSM.
I’m neither fan of right wing or left wing. I’m neither a democrat or a republican. I’m a honest human who likes to call the truth as it is regardless of which party one belongs to or favors. With your comment, you are proving, you like to hear what you want to hear but not the truth.
Good call Matt!