Frontier passenger overpowered after punching out plane window during a flight after he was asked to move seat
Frontier passenger overpowered after punching out plane window during a flight after he was asked to move seat
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Airline has declined to press charges so far, police said. A passenger aboard a Frontier Airlines flight to Houston had a violent outburst on Wednesday after being asked to move, punching and kicking in his seat until he cracked one layer of the plane’s window mid-flight. Officers met the plane at the gate and were seen taking a restrained man away in a wheelchair. “The lady in front of the gentlemen asked to move seats, and right when she did, he started kicking profusely and started punching the window," Clark said.
"He was scary," she added. There were no police or air marshals on the plane, passengers said, so travelers including a military veteran leapt in to detain the man, using zip ties and shoe laces. Passengers photographed a broken window with nearby blood stains on the flight. The incident comes at a time of heightened scrutiny of safety conditions in the U.S. aviation system. Last week, an American Airlines regional jet collided midair with a U.S. Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, killing 67 people.
