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A disruptive passenger was restrained with flexible handcuffs and duct-taped to a seat as his flight was diverted to make an emergency landing in Baltimore Thursday night, photos and video from other passengers showed.

Richard Olenick and Juan Mejia were more than halfway through the flight when a man two rows behind them in the first-class section started to become belligerent, Olenick said.

A flight attendant tried to control the situation but the man got increasingly agitated, started to hit the passenger next to him and then hit a woman who tried to intervene, Olenick said.

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[-] eurodyne@piefed.world 0 points 8 hours ago

This won’t stop until countries start punishing airlines for letting these repeat offenders onto flights in the first place

I would bet good money that this asshole has done this before, probably many times

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

There is no indication is a repeat offence and the airline would have banned him, as they usually do.

[-] turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 3 points 6 hours ago

From what I know the airlines do enforce lifetime bans for things that endanger others or just plain terrify the crew.

[-] eurodyne@piefed.world -2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Of course, but only actions that threaten the crew/staff. OF COURSE, they are important, but fellow passengers? The bans and what might trigger those bans should also come under strict scrutiny!

Sadly, they do not. Airlines do absolutely not give a shit what other passengers have to put up with the whole point is to discover how much they will put up with to find out terribly. They can be treated while paying the most amount they can be charged for a ticket.

That also needs to be regulated and stopped. “Free market capitalism” might as well be called “Vampire capitalism” and treated as such.

[-] Zak@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Airlines care a lot when they have to make an unscheduled landing due to passenger behavior.

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