1999-10 · NASA ASRS report 454525
FLT ATTENDANT RPT; S80; ISP-ORD. DELUSIONAL PAX SCARED OTHERS. CAPT HAD HIM ESCORTED OFF BY GATE SUPVR.
PAX WAS TAKEN OFF FLT DUE TO OTHER PAX DISCOMFORT WITH HIS BEHAVIOR AFTER BOARDING BEFORE TKOF. FLT ATTENDANT #1 OBSERVED PAX ACTING VERY STRANGELY. I PERSONALLY DID NOT OBSERVE HIS BEHAVIOR BUT 3 PAX MENTIONED TO ME THEIR DISCOMFORT WITH HIM AND HIS VERY STRANGE COMMENTS; IE 'DON'T BE AFRAID; EVERYONE IS AFRAID OF ME' -- SOMETHING ABOUT $38M HE GOT FOR THE MAFIA; BUT HE'S NOT IN THE MAFIA. HE SAID HE WAS JACKIE KENNEDY'S SON BUT RAN AWAY WHEN HE WAS 4 AND LIVED IN A CONVENT. ALSO; HE WAS A CIA OPERATIVE AND GOT FIRED. HE REPEATEDLY SAID NOT TO BE AFRAID -- ALWAYS TALKING TO HIMSELF. THE YOUNG MAN WHO WAS DEPLANED WAS A NICE LOOKING; CLEAN CUT PERSON. HIS APPEARANCE WAS NORMAL; BUT HIS BEHAVIOR WAS DISTURBING. ATTACHED IS FLT ATTENDANT #4'S RPT. BESIDES THE CAPT AND FO; SHE AND I WERE THE ONLY 2 FLT ATTENDANTS THAT HAD ANY OBSERVATION OR FEEDBACK OF HIM. THE AGENT CALLED CCRO. THE OLDER GENTLEMAN AGENT WHO WAS ON DUTY IN ISP ESCORTED THE YOUNG MAN OFF THE PLANE VERY QUIETLY. CAPT AND #1 FLT ATTENDANT BRIEFED ME ON A PAX WITH GREEN JACKET -- KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR HIM AND UNUSUAL ACTIONS. PREBOARDING; ASKED AGENTS OUTSIDE IF THEY NEEDED HELP WITH EGR -- NO. THEY SAID THEY CALLED THEIR SUPVR TO COME DOWN AND DISCUSS PAX WITH GREEN JACKET. THEY POINTED HIM OUT IN THE DISTANCE AND HE WENT OVER TO THE VENDING MACHINE AND THEN THREW SOMETHING (POSSIBLY CANDY) ACROSS THE ROOM. AGENTS SAID HE WAS SPINNING PENNIES ON THE FLOOR. HE CAME ON PLANE HOLDING A WHITE BLANKET IN BOTH HIS ARMS. I WALKED BACK TO COACH SLOWLY; NOT TO BE OBVIOUS THAT I WAS OBSERVING HIM. HE WAS IN SEAT X. AFTER I WALKED BY HIS ROW; I HEARD HIM SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WATCHING HIM. AS I WALKED PAST HIM AGAIN ON THE WAY BACK TOWARD FIRST CLASS; I SAW HE WAS TALKING TO HIMSELF OUT LOUD. I TOLD #1 FLT ATTENDANT; WITH THAT; ANOTHER PAX CAME OVER TO US AND SAID SHE WAS NERVOUS ABOUT HIM AND HE WAS TALKING TO HIMSELF. THE APT WENT BACK TO SEAT X AND WAS TALKING TO HIM AND THE SUPVR CAME ON BOARD AND ALSO INVOLVED. HE WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN OFF THE FLT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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