Four off-duty prison guards and two flight attendants on a JetBlue flight from London to New York were called on to restrain an unhinged and inebriated passenger onboard. But somehow the intoxicated passenger walked away in New York without any charges.
Passengers Subdue Inebriated Man On JetBlue, But He Manages To Escape Arrest
The incident occurred on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, on JetBlue flight 1926 from London (LGW) to New York (JFK). A man was traveling with a woman and began acting erratically. He became more aggressive and began moving seats, such that the crew noticed him.
The crew also noticed he had an open bottle of liquor on his tray table and it wasn’t one of the minis served onboard…it was illicit alcohol brought onboard by the man.
With his behavior growing more boisterous, four off-duty prison guards jumped into to restrain the man. This prompted the man to resist, but was greatly outnumbered by the four men plus two flight attendants. In video shared on social media, the man’s female companion could be heard pleading for him to stop resisting:
“Ben, Ben, stop fighting them. Stop fighting them!”
Ben eventually did stop fighting and rather than diverting, the flight reached its intended destination in New York.
https://twitter.com/TheGunnerNick/status/1752785548815593589?s=20
Oddly, no arrests were made: the man simply walked off the flight as if nothing had happened.
JetBlue issued the following statement on the flight:
“On Tuesday, January 30, a customer on board flight 1926 with service from London to New York, began acting erratically and aggressively toward his travel companion and members of the inflight crew.
“The crew also discovered an opened bottle of liquor the customer had brought on board and indications of intoxication. For everyone’s safety, the customer was restrained with the assistance of other customers who were witnessing this threatening behavior.
“We appreciate our customers’ assistance and understanding during this incident and apologize for the experience,”
While no arrests were made, the Federal Aviation Administration has vowed to investigate the incident, meaning “Ben” could still end up facing a hefty fine for his intoxication onboard.
CONCLUSION
It took four passengers and two flight attendants to restrain an intoxicated passenger on a JetBlue flight from London to New York. The man had become boisterous after illicitly consuming alcohol he had brought onboard.
The mystery here is why he was not charged: will he escape all criminal liability for his conduct or will he eventually “face the music” via a fine from the FAA?
image: screen grabs from @TheGunnerNick / X
That airline is a full on joke! They need to replace every board member! No one had police at the gate but they had people arrested for not even wearing a mask just foolish.
Wow still triggered by masks? Sad.
100%, isn’t knowing all the clowns that pushed masking were proven wrong enough? Do we still have to keep kicking them when they are down?
Only triggered people were those who wanted everyone to wear it despite the scicr saying it was worthless to.
Oh the trauma of having to have worn masks lol
How did he just walk off the plane?? It’s New York!! FFS!! Look what’s going on. Fine leadership Mr Mayor and Alvin Bragg!!
Keep on voting for these mopes..
It’s like the Jet Blue and Spirit merger already happened. And prison guards can be the new in-flight safety officers.
When I read the word London, that was enough for me stop reading it. Brits.
Do we know this “Ben”?????
Don’t worry, Mayor Pete will ride to the rescue and investigate, just as soon as he can get his bike out of the limo’s trunk. And to echo others, it is New York, so the end result of the guy walking should not be a surprise. Same as in LA…
Police, Crew and Pax can’t be bothered to make statements. Weird seeing this behaviour is not acceptable on board and few have guts and desire for crime to be punished. Sad how Americans have changed.
I think Incarcerators Incapacitate Inept Inebriated Idiot Inflight would make a better headline, at least without a thesaurus. What I fail to understand is how we’re supposed to be discouraging behavior like this by allowing the perpetrators to walk away without repercussions.
Americans! Such a classy bunch. A few elbow blows to the morons head would have put him out to the misery of others. At least for a little while.