INTOXICATED MAN PUSHED CABIN ATTENDANT; STRUGGLED WITH OTHER CABIN ATTENDANT. COCKPIT CALLED. FO INTERVENTION. SECURITY ESCORTED PAX OFF.
Synopsis
INTOXICATED MAN PUSHED CABIN ATTENDANT; STRUGGLED WITH OTHER CABIN ATTENDANT. COCKPIT CALLED. FO INTERVENTION. SECURITY ESCORTED PAX OFF.
Narrative
A PAX WAS EXTREMELY DRUNK. HE WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH MY CONCERN THAT HE WAS A MAIN CABIN PAX WHO DECIDED TO SEAT HIMSELF IN BUSINESS CLASS. I ASKED HIM TO RETURN TO HIS SEAT IN THE MAIN CABIN. HE PROCEEDED TO GET UP; HEAD TOWARD THE MAIN CABIN. SUDDENLY; HE TURNED BACK AROUND; HDG FOR BUSINESS CLASS; PUSHING ME. I STOPPED HIM FROM RETURNING TO BUSINESS CLASS AND CALLED FOR ANOTHER FLT ATTENDANT'S ASSISTANCE. THE PAX STRUGGLED WITH OTHER FLT ATTENDANTS; AND COCKPIT WAS CALLED OUT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT THE MAN WAS SLOBBERING DRUNK AND WAS SLOBBERING ALL OVER A HELPLESS WOMAN IN THE LAST ROW OF BUSINESS CLASS IN THE WINDOW SEAT. SHE TOLD HIM THAT HIS SEAT WAS LOCATED IN THE BACK. AFTER HE PUSHED THE RPTR ASIDE; SHE CALLED FOR THE MALE LANGUAGE-QUALIFIED FLT ATTENDANT FOR ASSISTANCE. AFTER THAT; SHE NO LONGER WAS INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT. THE FO CAME BACK AND TALKED WITH THE MAN. WHEN THEY GOT TO CHICAGO; THE CAPT MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE PAX TO REMAIN SEATED UNTIL SECURITY COULD COME ON BOARD AND ESCORT THE MAN OFF.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.