passenger seat charged with assaulting flight

The decision to suspend the flight attendants was met with backlash from the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, the union representing Frontier's airline crew. The statement continued, 'The flight attendants will be, as required in such circumstances, relieved of flying pending completion of an investigation.' As a result, the passenger needed to be restrained until the flight landed in Miami and law enforcement arrived,' Frontier Airlines said in an initial statement to CNN. 'During a flight from Philadelphia to Miami on July 31, a passenger made inappropriate physical contact with a flight attendant and subsequently physically assaulted another flight attendant. RELATED: American Airlines Cancels Hundreds of Flights Due to Staffing Shortage, Maintenance Issuesįollowing the incident, the flight attendants involved in the alleged assault were suspended. There was no legal representation listed for the 22-year-old. He has no future court appearance scheduled.

Per the police report, the airline employee said he 'had to tape him down to the seat and tie him with a seat-belt extender for the remaining flight.'īerry was arrested by Miami-Dade police and released on a 1,500 bond, court records obtained by PEOPLE show. The video circulated on social media shows the male flight attendant duct taping Berry to a seat in order to restrain him. He later went behind the two female airline employees 'and put his arms around both of them and groped their breasts again.'Ī male flight attendant intervened and asked the passenger to remain calm and seated, resulting in a punch to his face, the record obtained by the Post said. A flight attendant helped him get a new shirt from his luggage before he began walking around the aircraft for 15 minutes, according to police.ĭuring his time roaming the plane, he reportedly groped another female flight attendant's breasts, the police report noted.

RELATED: Alaska Man, 18, Tries to Hijack Passenger Plane, Causing Nosedive, Before Pilot Regains ControlĪt one point, per the report, Berry spilled his drink on his shirt and then took it off in the bathroom. Frontier suspended the crew for duct taping the passenger to his seat as they landed in Miami. Frontier passenger allegedly touched 2 flight attendants breasts, then screamed his parents are worth $2 million, before punching a flight attendant.

Passenger seat charged with assaulting flight