On a flight from Dallas to Newark, a 67-year-old Arizona real estate agent named Layne Lundeen became the center of a disturbing in-flight episode that forced fellow passengers to take physical restraint into their own hands. His conduct — racist and homophobic slurs, striking a fellow traveler, and attempting to bite those who intervened — speaks to the fragile social contract that holds strangers together in confined spaces. By the time the plane touched down in Baltimore, duct tape had become both a literal and symbolic boundary between one man's unraveling and the safety of those around hi
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One female passenger was struck by Lundeen; multiple passengers were targeted for assault and attempted biting during the incident.