Shocking moment United Airlines passenger bites flight attendant during mid-air meltdown and forces plane to land early
A HOSTILE passenger has been captured fighting off flight attendants who restrained her with zip ties during a mid-air meltdown that forced the plane to land early.
Video shows the passenger biting the United Airlines attendant’s shoulder and ripping the fabric on their uniform.
United Flight 762 was traveling from Miami, Florida, to Newark, New Jersey, on Tuesday but landed early in Orlando.
United said flight attendants were forced to restrain the passenger after she became “aggressive and disruptive.”
The passenger became extra upset and attempted to use her mouth to be freed, according to a video shared by TMZ.
Their name has not been released by authorities yet.
‘WILDING’
Another passenger recorded the interaction and the moment it escalated.
“She’s wilding,” the person recording the video can be heard saying.
In a separate video, she suggested United was the problem as she stood in the aisle with her hands tied up.
“People are recording me. Don’t come to United Airlines, these people have an attitude problem,” the passenger said.
“They don’t f**king do their job. They’re handcuffing me.”
“Why are you handcuffing me?” she asked the attendants.
United explained it was necessary to restrain the passenger for everyone’s safety.
“Our flight attendants worked to de-escalate the situation and protect other customers and after landing in Orlando, law enforcement met the flight, and the passenger was removed,” United said in a statement to TMZ.
“We’re grateful to our team for their professionalism and for looking out for the safety of our customers and their fellow United employees.”
The upset passenger was seemingly spitting on people in a different audio recording, per TMZ.
A witness said they saw her throwing punches at other passengers.
The restrained passenger could be heard saying, “What are you gonna do kill me?”
She also yelled, “Go back to Russia” to someone out of the frame of the video.
Once the plane landed and the passenger was removed, everyone else began to cheer in another recording, per TMZ.
Photos show the passenger being escorted out of the Orlando airport by police.
The whole ordeal delayed the original flight by 3.5 hours.
The U.S. Sun has reached out to United for comment on the matter.
