Somewhere over the eastern seaboard, the fragile social contract that holds strangers together at 30,000 feet broke down. A passenger aboard an American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Newark turned violent mid-journey, assaulting a fellow traveler and directing slurs at crew members before fellow passengers and flight attendants intervened with whatever was at hand — zip ties and duct tape — to contain the threat. The plane diverted to Baltimore, where law enforcement took the man into custody, and the FBI now weighs whether the episode rises to the level of federal crime. It is a r
American Airlines passenger duct-taped to seat after violent mid-flight outburst
One passenger was assaulted and attacked by another passenger during the flight, requiring physical intervention and restraint.