AN UNRULY PAX ON AN INTERNATIONAL B777 FLT WAS HANDCUFFED AND RESTRAINED. POLICE MET FLT UPON ARR.
Synopsis
AN UNRULY PAX ON AN INTERNATIONAL B777 FLT WAS HANDCUFFED AND RESTRAINED. POLICE MET FLT UPON ARR.
Narrative
PAX IN SEAT XX BOARDED THE AIRPLANE NOTICEABLY LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS. HE CONTINUED HIS UNINHIBITED BEHAVIOR DURING THE INITIAL MEAL SERVICE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE OTHER PAX WERE COMPLAINING. THE PAX WAS TOLD TO BE QUIET; CALM DOWN; AND GO TO SLEEP. HE CONTINUED HIS BELLIGERENT BEHAVIOR. THE PAX WAS DEMANDING A SANDWICH; THEN CHAMPAGNE. THE CAPT GOT INVOLVED WHILE ON A BATHROOM BREAK. HE TOLD THE PAX TO SIT DOWN AND BE QUIET. LATER; AFTER THE CAPT WAS IN THE BUNKS ON BREAK; THE PAX CAME BACK TO THE FIRST CLASS GALLEY DEMANDING MORE CHAMPAGNE. AT THIS POINT; THE #5 FLT ATTENDANT READ HIM THE PAX MISCONDUCT FORM AND WAS ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD THE CONSEQUENCES OF HIS CONTINUED BEHAVIOR. SOON AFTER THE CAPT WAS INTERRUPTED FROM HIS BREAK BY THE PURSER. ONCE AGAIN; THE CAPT; PURSER; AND THE #6 FLT ATTENDANT WENT TO THE PAX TRYING TO GET HIM TO COMPLY. THE NEXT THING I KNOW; I AM CALLED TO THE FIRST CLASS GALLEY AND WITNESSED THE PAX BEING HANDCUFFED BY THE PURSER; FLT ATTENDANT #6; AND FLT ATTENDANT #8. HE WAS THEN PUT INTO SEAT YY AND SEAT BELTED IN. HIS VERBAL ABUSE CONTINUED THE REST OF THE FLT. ON DSCNT; THE PAX WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE SEAT BELT; DEMANDING TO BE RELEASED. AT THAT POINT HE WAS TAPED INTO THE SEAT. THE PURSER SAT NEXT TO HIM FOR LNDG. THE POLICE MET THE FLT.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.