A Florida man on an American Airlines flight was put in a headlock after he allegedly called a fellow passenger a “blue-eyed white devil” and threatened to “crash this plane with all the mothers on board.” He was taken off the plane and arrested. . ”
According to WFLA, Shail Patel, 29, was drunk and “hostile to passengers, calling flight attendants names and threatening passengers” while boarding a flight from Tampa to Philadelphia on Tuesday. and began “moving aggressively around the aircraft,” court documents show.
After boarding the vehicle, the man became hostile and “began behaving erratically, including yelling and swearing at the passengers,” the report said.
According to court documents, Patel called the passengers “white devils with blue eyes” and threatened to “crash this plane with all the mothers on board.” He is also accused of slapping a passenger in the hand and face and spitting on him.
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Shail Patel, 29, was arrested after calling his fellow passenger a “blue-eyed white devil” and threatening to “shoot down this plane with all the mothers on board.” (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)
Video footage of the incident showed Patel shouting anti-Semitic slurs at the flight attendant before being placed in a headlock and removed from the plane by a fellow passenger.
“I’m trying to go to my homeland and you guys are making it difficult for me to go to my homeland,” he can be heard shouting at one point in the video.
The flight attendant used the in-flight public address system to ask if there was an off-duty police officer on board who could help take Patel into custody. Police said six off-duty officers intervened and removed the man from the plane.
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Police said Patel slapped the passenger on the hand and face and spat on him. (St. Petersburg)
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In a statement to Fox, American Airlines said: “Prior to departure of American Airlines Flight 2506 from Tampa (TPA) to Philadelphia (PHL), law enforcement was placed on the aircraft due to a customer engaging in disruptive behavior on board. There was a request,” he said. News Digital. “We would like to thank our team for their professionalism and apologize for the inconvenience caused to our customers.”
The plane was delayed for 30 minutes due to the accident.
Patel was arrested on two counts of assault and one count of unlawful intoxication. He is being held in the Hillsborough County Jail on $2,150 bail.
