Hero American Airlines flight attendant pummels passenger with COFFEE POT after he ‘tried to open cockpit & plane doors’
A BRAVE American Airlines flight attendant allegedly hit a passenger with a coffee pot after he reportedly tried to open the cockpit and plane doors.
Flight 1775, which was heading to Washington DC from Los Angeles, was forced to divert to Kansas City, Missouri on Sunday.
Moustafa feared he would die as the jet descended “rapidly” in minutes.
Karen Alston, who was sitting in the 17th row, told the "When people started standing up, I knew something was wrong."
Jake Smith, said he was getting up to go to the bathroom when he saw a flight attendant “ down the aisle.”
He said the steward yelled for the lights to be switched on, before the jet made a sudden hard left and sped up within minutes.
Witnesses were quizzed after the plane landed and the passenger was arrested.
The man was being held for interfering with the flight crew, according to Kansas City Aviation Department spokesperson Joe McBride.
American Airlines said in a statement: "We're grateful to our crew members, who are consistently dedicated to the safety and care of our customers and who handled the situation with the utmost skill and professionalism.
"We also appreciate the customers who stepped in to assist our crew."
Affected passengers were booked onto another flight.
More than 5,000 "unruly" passenger reports were logged with the Federal Aviation Administration in 2021.
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