Flight attendants have a challenging job since they have to keep passengers refreshed and fed while working in a cramped location with many other individuals. Unruly passengers have caused more confrontations in the air over the past few years, and one particularly upsetting occurrence recently occurred on a flight from California to Illinois.
A passenger on United Airlines flight 476 started screaming at a flight attendant while holding a young child on Sunday, November 13. She kept pressing the airline staffer while threatening to murder her. A second flight attendant intervened and motioned for Sarah, the rowdy customer, to move back.
Flight attendant assaulted on @united flight 476 that just landed in Chicago at @fly2ohare. pic.twitter.com/4ksmKl5PAC
— Peter Kondelis (@PeterKondelis) November 13, 2022
Police were ready to take the woman into custody when the plane touched down. Three persons were sent to the hospital for monitoring, despite the fact that no significant injuries were reported by officials. In a letter, United Airlines expressed its appreciation for the crew’s professionalism and commitment to putting the safety of their team and their customers first.
The FBI is working with United Airlines and the Chicago Police Department to investigate the interaction.
A guy is accused of punching an American Airlines flight attendant in September while flying from Cabo, Mexico, to Los Angeles, California. As of November 1, 2022, the Federal Aviation Administration had opened 767 distinct investigations after receiving 2,178 incident complaints of rowdy passengers in the previous 365 days.
