An unhinged American Airlines passenger was restrained with duct-tape after attempting to open the plane’s cabin door mid-flight.
The passenger on Flight 1915 from Milwaukee to Dallas allegedly charged a flight attendant and tried to open the plane door in midair on Tuesday.
The disruptive traveler had asked a flight attendant if the door could be opened, pleading that he needed to get off the plane, according to a police report obtained by ABC News.
After he was told it wasn’t possible, he allegedly became agitated and grew louder and angrier before he rushed toward the crew member in an attempt to reach the cabin door.
The flight attendant was able to keep him from the door, and three passengers jumped into action to keep control of him, reported ABC News.
Working together, the group pinned the passenger down and used duct tape from an onboard flight kit to restrain his wrists and ankles.
The unhinged passenger was taken off the plane in a wheelchair and sent to undergo a mental health evaluation.
A spokesperson for the airline said: ‘American Airlines flight 1915 with service from Milwaukee to Dallas-Fort Worth was met by law enforcement upon arrival at DFW due to a disruptive customer.
An unhinged passenger was restrained with duct tape after attempting to open the cabin door while the flight was midair, as other passengers and crew tried to stop him
‘The safety and security of our customers and team members is our top priority and we thank our team members and customers for managing a difficult situation,’ the spokesperson added.
The passenger was taken off the plane in a wheelchair and sent to undergo a mental health evaluation, according to the report.
The flight attendant who managed to stop the passenger from opening the cabin door was brought to hospital for neck and wrist injuries.
The investigation remains on going and no charges have yet been filed.
This comes after another set of heroic passengers restrained a man on an American Airlines flight from Florida to North Carolina in October.
A video shared online showed a group of men leaning over another man and telling him to take his hands off the woman sitting next to him.
‘Do not f***ing touch her,’ one man could be heard shouting in the passenger’s face, before he apparently gave an inaudible excuse.
‘I don’t give a f***,’ the man responds as the passenger argues that he took his hands off the woman. ‘Look at me, you f***ed up, You don’t f***ing touch her.’
At that point, a second man warns that the apparently handsy passenger would be arrested if he touched the woman again.
‘Get your f***ing hands off of her right now,’ he said. ‘You touch her again, you’re gonna get f***ing arrested, a**hole.’
‘The safety and security of our customers and team members is our top priority and we thank our team members and customers for managing a difficult situation,’ said a spokesperson for American Airlines
In an incident in October, passengers were seen yelling at the passenger to take his hands off the woman sitting next to him as a female flight attendant tries to mediate
The first man could then be seen asking the woman if she is OK, before the passengers tell her to move to another empty seat – away from her travel companion.
As she moved across the aisle, the alleged aggressor yells that he was the one who was assaulted by the woman – which she fiercely denied.
‘No you weren’t assaulted,’ the woman shot back. ‘I put my hand over your mouth to make you shut up.’
But the man held firm, screaming: ‘You slapped me!’
At that point, many of the passengers who intervened sat back down, except for one man – who stood in the aisle between the other passengers.
The couple were escorted off the plane once it landed in Charlotte, North Carolina and law enforcement said: ‘Two customers traveling together were engaged in an altercation aboard American Airlines flight 310 with service from Miami to Charlotte on Oct. 2,’ a spokesperson said. ‘Local law enforcement responded and escorted the customers from the CLT airport.
‘We do not tolerate violence, and we thank our team members for their professionalism in managing a difficult situation.’
It was unknown if the passenger was arrested for any wrongdoing.