A Delta Airlines flight from Houston to Atlanta was forced to turn around and make an emergency landing after a passenger became unruly and began assaulting fellow passengers.
One victim, John Lemastus, said the incident began about thirty minutes into the flight from Houston.
“I’m just sitting there, and a guy walks aggressively by me and aggressively back, and he bumps into my shoulder and starts wailing on my head,” Lemastus told 11Alive.
“He punched me three times and then walked back and then started attacking another gentleman behind me.”
“No words, no nothing, never seen the gentleman before in my life,” Lemastus added. “He started screaming at the gentleman behind me, kind of like in tongues, and everyone assumed he was just kind of not mentally there.”
Lemastus further said it took seven people to subdue him, and zip ties were used to restrain him.
The man reportedly attempted to access the cockpit, according to Lemastus, though Delta Airlines said he did not make the attempt.
Still, the pilots were heard on the air traffic control radio, stating that “We had a passenger get up and try to access the cockpit.”
Another passenger described the scene, saying he was “yanking” another man by his shirt and hair, and that “he wanted to speak to the pilot.”
Video from passengers shows crew members and other passengers attempting to subdue the man as he screams.
Police later led the man off the plane in handcuffs.
Via 11Alive:
Additional footage shows the man with his shirt ripped off being escorted through the aisle by a flight attendant who was holding the zip ties around his wrists:
A Delta spokesperson said the plane returned to the airport after the passenger, who remains unidentified, displayed “unruly and unlawful” behavior.
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