A man who was screaming on a plane Saturday morning was restrained with duct tape by flight attendants and passengers.
Video shows an unidentified passenger having a meltdown on a Miami-bound American Airlines flight after being pinned down while shouting “help me” and “they're trying to kill me” in Spanish. ing. according to Go to local 10.
According to the paper, a crew member and four passengers worked together to restrict the man's movements and put duct tape over his mouth as he slumped against what appeared to be the plane's galley.
“It's very nerve-wracking and it's crazy that something like this could happen,” one passenger on the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Miami International Airport told Local 10.
Additional cellphone video also captured the incident, the report said. As of Saturday afternoon, no arrests had been reported and no flights had been delayed as a result of the man's illegal activities. according to Go to flightaware.com. (Related: DOT fines American Airlines more than $4 million for tarmac delay that trapped passengers)
This isn't the first time a passenger has suffered a meltdown while traveling on American Airlines. A gay couple slammed American Airlines on Wednesday, accusing them of preventing them from traveling with their pet dog when their flight was delayed. One of the men yelled in public that Charlotte Airport had “fucked us up.”
In another altercation, two American Airlines flight attendants argued in the middle of a plane's aisle in March, delaying the flight for nearly two hours. The confrontation escalated after the male flight attendant made the female flight attendant cry, and both flight attendants eventually exited the plane.
