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An Alaska Airlines flight attendant on flight AS 2221 from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Portland International Airport (PDX) had to act quickly to diffuse a situation where an erratic passenger was grabbing onto a female passenger’s hair. The flight attendant repeatedly punched the male passenger in the throat in order to get him to stop (before he was restrained).
Alaska Airlines Flight 2221 incident Oakland, CA 2/1/2024 ~10:35 am pic.twitter.com/ND7g1YqUVz
— chad_bro_chill_17 (@walterizzle) February 1, 2025
The incident occurred on February 1st and the Embraer E175 was forced to return to the gate to have police take the man into custody. The female passenger who was attacked by the man shared the following as a comment to the video posted on YouTube:
I am the woman whose hair was grabbed. My hair was not in anyone’s way to provoke anyone to grab it. The man was having a psychotic episode, banged his head multiple times on the back of my seat, shortly lost consciousness, regained consciousness and grabbed my hair close to the scalp. Had I leaned forward with him grabbing my hair, he could have pulled my hair out. I was afraid this man was going to punch me in the head and I am thankful for the FA and other passengers who stepped in to help.”
Anthony’s Take: I hope that the flight attendant does not get in trouble for getting physical with the passenger. Thankfully, he was able to separate the man grabbing the woman’s hair and she did not get seriously injured.
(Image Credits: Alaska Airlines and @walterizzle via X.)
(H/T: View from the Wing.)
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