He tried to open the door of the plane .. a flight attendant confronts a "naughty" passenger with a coffee pot!
An American Airlines plane was forced to divert to Kansas City International Airport in the US state of Missouri, due to a "riot passenger," the American airline announced in a statement.
"American Airlines Flight 1775, which was serving from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., on Sunday, was diverted to Kansas City due to a riotous passenger," the statement said, according to CNN.
"The flight landed safely at Kansas City International Airport at 2:28 p.m. local time, and law enforcement authorities were asked to wait for the flight upon arrival," it added.
"We are grateful to our crew, who are constantly dedicated to the safety and care of our customers and who handled the circumstances with the utmost skill and professionalism," she said in the statement.
"The passenger was interfering with the affairs of the cabin crew," said Kansas City Department of Aviation spokesman Joe McBride, adding that the incident would be the responsibility of the FBI.
For its part, the FBI confirmed the incident in a statement that the person concerned had been detained.
"The flight was diverted due to the interference of an unruly passenger in the cabin crew. The person has been arrested. No further information is available at this time," the FBI statement read.
The Federal Aviation Administration also confirmed that cabin crew had reported passenger disruption on an Airbus A321.
Moaz Mustafa, who lives in Washington, DC, was among the passengers on the plane and told CNN that he saw a flight attendant shouting to another flight attendant asking her to turn on the lights.
Mustafa said that the plane then began to descend quickly.
Mustafa explained that more passengers went to the front of the plane to help restrain the passenger, noting that the passenger was trying to enter the cockpit and open the plane's door, and the flight attendant used a coffee pot to hit the passenger on the head.
When the plane landed, police and the FBI got on board to conduct an investigation into the incident, Mustafa said.
Passengers were rescheduled on another flight.
According to Federal Aviation Administration data, 2021 was a year filled with rioting and misconduct by unruly airline passengers in the United States, with 5,981 reports of riotous passengers recorded as of December 31, of which 4,290 reports, or about 72%, were related to accidents. by wearing masks.
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