UNRULY; VIOLENT PAX HANDCUFFED WHEN HE ATTACKED FLC MEMBER INFLT.

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MALE PAX BECAME VIOLENT AND PHYSICALLY STRUCK 1 PAX AND 1 FLT (COCKPIT) CREW MEMBER. HE WAS SUBDUED AND RESTRAINED WITH ISSUE PLASTIC HANDCUFFS (WIRE TIES) FROM WHICH HE RELEASED HIMSELF (OR BROKE) IN ABOUT 30 MINS. HE WAS IN GOOD BEHAVIOR FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT AND WAS ARRESTED UPON LNDG. OUR SOP WAS FOLLOWED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: CALLBACK TO CAPT REVEALED THAT PAX HAD BEEN OBNOXIOUS; WALKING AROUND THE CABIN WITH A WINE BOTTLE AND ANNOYING HIS SEAT PARTNER; EVEN TRYING TO 'KISS' THE GENTLEMAN. PAX HAD BEEN SERVED 'SEVERAL' DRINKS PRIOR TO THIS. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT PAX HAD ALSO TAKEN A DOCTOR PRESCRIBED SLEEPING OR RELAXING PILL. RPTR STATED THAT THIS WAS AN EVENT THAT OCCURRED DURING THE 'BLUE MOON' OR FULL MOON PERIOD AND STARTED AROUND DULUTH AND WENT ON AS LONG AS ACFT WAS PROCEEDING INTO THE HUDSON BAY AREA. AFTER THE CABIN DISTURBANCE STARTED; THE PIC SENT HIS RELIEF PLT BACK; CAPT 'J' WHO HAD BEEN AN X-ORDERLY AT A MENTAL HOSPITAL. HE APPEARED TO HAVE CALMED THE PAX DOWN. LATER; AS THE RELIEF PLT WAS IN FO'S SEAT AND FO WENT TO REST; THE PAX STARTED UP AGAIN SO THE FE/SO; A RETIRED CAPT; WENT BACK TO SPEAK WITH HIM. THE PAX WAS A GOLFER; ENRTE TO AFRICA FOR TOURNAMENT PLAYOFF. AS SO LOOKED AWAY; PAX HIT SO IN CHIN; KNOCKING HIM BACK. 4 OTHER PAX JUMPED PAX AND PLASTIC CUFFS WERE PLACED ON HIM. HE WAS PLACED IN FLT ATTENDANT REST AREA; WITH DOOR CLOSED. WITHIN 30 MINS HE WAS OUT; HAVING EITHER SLIPPED OR BROKEN HIS CUFFS. RPTR STATES THAT THE NEW CUFFS ARE DIFFERENT FROM OLD ONES AND RECOMMENDS TRAINING IN THE USE OF THESE CUFFS; AS JUST READING THE DIRECTIONS IS INADEQUATE. SUGGESTS PERHAPS USING 2 CUFFS; OVERLAPPING THEM IN A NONSTANDARD LOOP/TEARDROP PATTERN. PAX SEEMED CALMER BUT CAPT 'J' WAS SENT BACK AND SAT WITH PAX FROM HUDSON BAY TO LHR; WITH CYQX CONSIDERED AS ALTERNATE ARPT IF NECESSARY. OFFICIALS DETAINED PAX AT LHR AND SHIPPED HIM BACK TO JFK 'SAP' WITH 2 ESCORTS WHERE HE WAS ARRESTED AND ALLOWED 1 PHONE CALL. HE PROMPTLY CALLED ACR'S RESERVATIONS FOR FLT BACK TO LHR TO MAKE CONNECTIONS FOR AFRICA! RPTR SENT INCIDENT RPT TO ACR. FAA SEEMS CLUED IN. PAX SENT LETTER TO ACR EXPLAINING ABOUT PILL AND HIS ACTIONS. CAPT ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT ANY CREW'S EXPERIENCING EVENTS LIKE THIS; SHOULD HAVE A 'DESIGNATED' BOUNCER AND TO NOT SEND THE PIC BACK IN ANY CASE.