

American won't bring booze back until Sept. In the wake of the high-profile incident and calls by flight attendant unions to limit alcohol sales on board as travel rebounds, Southwest and American delayed plans to start selling drinks after a long pandemic pause. As Flight 708 from Denver to Tampa was awaiting departure early this morning, a customer became belligerent onboard and was asked to deplane. Southwest's flight attendants union said she lost two teeth in the incident. An unruly passenger on a Frontier flight from Denver to Tampa, Fla., was arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly striking a flight attendant.

Last week, a Southwest Airlines flight attendant landed in the hospital after a passenger punched her in the face. The incident comes as airlines are seeing a spike in passengers behaving badly, forcing a crackdown by the Federal Aviation Administration. and is scheduled to depart for Nashville this evening, arriving about five hours behind schedule. The plane landed at the airport at 2:18 p.m. The Boeing 737-900 was carrying 162 passengers and six crew members. In a statement, Delta did not provide details of the inflight incident or confirm the passenger tried to breach the cockpit.ĭelta spokesman Anthony Black said Flight 386 landed without incident in Albuquerque and he praised the crew and passengers on the flight for "detaining an unruly passenger'' on the flight. The videos show a male Delta flight attendant appearing to detain the passenger in the back of the plane and also shows a passenger with his wrists ziptied tied behind his back. One passenger on the flight posted videos of the incident on Twitter and said the flight had to make an emergency landing because a passenger "tried to hijack'' the plane.

The Albuquerque FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment but confirmed in a Twitter post it was responding to diverted flight that landed at the airport. She said the unidentified passenger was detained by police at the airport once it landed, and the investigation is being turned over the the FBI. The man had repeatedly shouted that he would "take the plane down" and assaulted two female flight attendants, a spokesperson for Oklahoma City Police Department told Insider.Watch Video: Delta Air Lines flight attendants detain 'unruly' passengerĪ passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight from LA to Nashville reportedly tried to breach the cockpit Friday, forcing the plane to divert to New Mexico, airport officials in Albuquerque said.Īlbuquerque International Sunport had received reports from an air traffic control tower that a passenger on the plane had attempted to breach the cabin, according to airport spokeswoman Stephanie Kitts. See more stories on Insider's business page.Ī Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was diverted to Oklahoma City after an unruly passenger attacked flight attendants and threatened to take down the plane.Ī video from the incident on Saturday morning shows passengers scrambling to restrain the man during his attempt to open the cabin door mid-flight. The Delta flight from LAX to ATL was diverted to Oklahoma City. The man attacked two flight attendants and threatened to take down the plane, local police said. TikTok: Twitter: video from the flight shows Delta passengers scrambling to restrain the man trying to unlock one of the airplane's doors. Benjamin Curlee, who was on the flight, said that all "able-bodied" men were asked to help restrain the unruly passenger.
