1995-01 · NASA ASRS report 293589
UNRULY PAX BEHAVIOR AGGRESSION EMOTIONAL TRAUMA EVIDENT.
MALE PAX WAS UNRULY AND INCOHERENT DURING FLT; YELLING AND KICKING. I EVENTUALLY HAD TO HAVE HIM PUT IN THE LAST ROW OF SEATS AND HAVE HIM HANDCUFFED. ARPT POLICE AND PARAMEDICS MET US AND HE WAS LED OFF THE PLANE BY THEM ONCE AT THE GATE. I HAD TO DECLARE AN EMER ON TAXI IN. THE MAN WAS GETTING SO BAD. ALL SUGGESTED PROCS IN OUR OPERATING MANUAL WERE FOLLOWED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THIS OCCURRED NEAR GTF; MT. THE FLT HAD ORIGINATED IN SEA; NONSTOP TO MSP. THE ACFT WAS AN A-320. THERE WERE 4 FLT ATTENDANTS AND THEY WERE ALL FEMALE WHICH MADE THIS EVENT MORE CHALLENGING. LUCKILY; THERE WERE SEVERAL PAX RIDING MALE CREW MEMBERS IN THE PAX CABIN. THE UNRULY PAX HAD BEEN STANDING AND ANNOYING THE OTHER PAX. HE WOULD NOT STAY SEATED. THE LAST OUTBURST OCCURRED WHEN HE (A 30 YR OLD MALE) WAS STANDING ON THE ESCAPE SLIDE BUBBLE ON ONE OF THE REAR GALLEY DOORS. THAT IS WHEN THEY SUBDUED HIM; HANDCUFFING HIM. IT TOOK 3 OF THE PAX RIDING MAL CREW MEMBERS TO DO THIS. RPTR FELT THAT PAX WAS AFFECTED BY DRUGS OF SOME SORT. HE PLANNED A DIVERSION BEFORE FINDING OUT HE HAD THOSE MALE CREW MEMBERS IN THE BACK. HE LAUDED THE COMPANY'S OPS MANUAL FOR ITS INFO. HE HAD PERFORMED ALL THE NECESSARY ITEMS PRIOR TO THIS REFING. HOWEVER; THE COMPANY HAS A COMPLETE RPT ON EVENT.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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