B737-800 PAX BECAME UNRULY WHEN CABIN ATTENDANTS REFUSED TO SELL HIM MORE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS.
Synopsis
B737-800 PAX BECAME UNRULY WHEN CABIN ATTENDANTS REFUSED TO SELL HIM MORE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS.
Narrative
I WAS WORKING POS #1; FIRST CLASS. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MAIN CABIN UNTIL THE #2 (RPTR) CAME UP TO NOTIFY ME THAT THIS PAX APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED. SHE CUT HIM OFF; HE GOT UPSET AND ARGUED WITH FLT ATTENDANT. HE REFUSED TO SIT DOWN. HE 'HECKLED' ALL THE PAX AROUND HIM. WHEN I WENT BACK THERE; I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS SAYING (ONLY SPOKE SPANISH). ALL PAX AROUND HIM WERE REQUESTING TO BE MOVED. HE WOULD SIT FOR A WHILE; HARASSING PAX; THEN GET UP AND COME TO MAIN CABIN GALLEY; ASKING FOR MORE DRINKS AND OFFERING MONEY. AFTER ABOUT 1/2 HR OF GETTING UP AND DOWN; PAX FELL ASLEEP FOR REMAINDER OF THE FLT. FLT ATTENDANT #4 WAS WORKING THE EGR MACHINE DURING BOARDING AND STATED THAT PAX DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE INTOXICATED OR SMELL OF ALCOHOL UPON BOARDING. HE ONLY HAD 1-2 DRINKS INFLT. IT WAS UNCLR IF HE WAS ACTUALLY INTOXICATED; ON MEDICATION OR SOMETHING ELSE. UPON DEPLANING; PAX STUMBLED UP THE AISLE AND FELL FACE FIRST AT ABOUT ROW 12. HE STRUGGLED TO GET UP AGAIN. MEXICAN POLICE ESCORTED HIM OUT OF THE TERMINAL IN A WHEELCHAIR. HE WAS SINGING LOUDLY THROUGHOUT THE TERMINAL.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.