FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A PAX WHO STARTED FIGHTING WITH ANOTHER PAX AND KNOCKED HIM INTO THE GALLEY AREA. SECURITY MET THE PAX ON DEPLANING.

Date: 1998-10 · Aircraft: Large Transport; Low Wing; 3 Turbojet Eng · Phase: ground

Anomalies: other-unspecified

Synopsis

FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING A PAX WHO STARTED FIGHTING WITH ANOTHER PAX AND KNOCKED HIM INTO THE GALLEY AREA. SECURITY MET THE PAX ON DEPLANING.

Narrative

MR X BOARDED THE ACFT NOT IN A GOOD MOOD. I WAS TOLD BY THE #2 FLT ATTENDANT HE SAT BY HIMSELF. HIS WIFE SAT WITH HER HEAD TURNED TOWARD THE WINDOW THE ENTIRE TIME. ANOTHER COUPLE THAT THEY WERE TRAVELING WITH SAT TOGETHER. THE #2 FLT ATTENDANT TOLD ME THEY STARTED ARGUING (MR X AND THE WIFE'S FRIEND). WHEN THE ACFT LANDED; I HEARD YELLING FROM THE BACK OF THE ACFT AND 4 CHIMES TO THE COCKPIT. THE FO RAN TO THE BACK OF THE ACFT. #2 FLT ATTENDANT SAID THAT THE WIFE'S FRIEND HIT MR X BECAUSE HE SAID SOMETHING VERY NASTY TO HIS WIFE. MR X THEN TRIED TO HIT HIS WIFE'S LADY FRIEND. THE LADY FRIEND'S HUSBAND THEN TRIED TO HELP HER AND MR X THREW HIM INTO THE GALLEY. THIS IS WHEN THE FO FINALLY MADE TO THE BACK BECAUSE PAX WERE DEPLANING. SECURITY MET THE AIRPLANE AND OF COURSE THEY LET HIM GO BECAUSE HE IS A UNITED STATES CITIZEN. WHILE HE WAS IN THE IMMIGRATION LINE; HE STARTED UP AGAIN AND PUSHED THE IMMIGRATION OFFICER AND THEY MADE HIM SIT AROUND BUT RELEASED HIM. HE WAS NEVER JAILED. THIS HAPPENS A LOT GOING INTO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. SINCE THERE IS NO PUNISHMENT LEAVING THE UNITED STATES THE PAX SHOULD BE DENIED ENTRY INTO THESE FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND BE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES ON THE NEXT FLT. THE CAPT SHOULD HAVE THE PWR TO DENY A PAX ENTRY. THE PAX MR X HIT INTO THE GALLEY HAD A BRUISED ARM.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.