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08-07-2021, 10:18 PM
Maxwell Berry, 22, of Norwalk, Ohio, punched a Frontier Airlines flight attendant and groped two others on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami, the authorities said
Maxwell Berry arrived on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami early Sunday morning taped to his seat after the 22-year-old passenger punched one flight attendant and groped two others, the authorities said.
A Frontier Airlines passenger assaulted three flight attendants, punching one and groping the breasts of two others, on a weekend flight from Philadelphia to Miami, prompting one crew member to tape him to his seat until the plane landed, the authorities said.
Part of the altercation was caught on video by other passengers, who jeered as the man was restrained for the remainder of Flight 2289, which left Philadelphia at 10:41 p.m. on Saturday and landed two hours and 37 minutes later.
Frontier Airlines said in an initial statement on Tuesday that the flight attendants would be “relieved of flying” while it investigated, which drew sharp criticism from the Association of Flight Attendants, the nation’s largest flight attendants union. Later on Tuesday, the airline said that paid leave was in line with “an event of this nature.”
The Association of Flight Attendants said that the encounter was emblematic of the hostilities faced by airline crews since the loosening of travel restrictions that had been put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. It came amid a surge of reports filed by airlines with the Federal Aviation Administration about unruly passengers, who have faced steep fines for disruptions.
In one video, which was obtained by several television stations and received widespread attention online, the man, who the police said had been drinking, repeatedly cursed at other passengers and at the crew. He said that his parents were worth “two million goddamn dollars.”
The Miami-Dade Police Department identified the man as Maxwell Berry, 22, of Norwalk, Ohio, who it said in a criminal complaint had been charged with three misdemeanor counts of battery.
It was not immediately clear if Mr. Berry had a lawyer. Messages left by phone at his family’s home in Ohio and by email on Tuesday were not answered.
In another video obtained by the website TMZ, Mr. Berry harangued passengers and brought up his race.
“I’m white,” he said. “I’m sorry, I can’t change that.”
At one point, someone on the plane yelled for his mouth to be taped shut. A few moments later, a crew member wrapped Mr. Berry’s mouth and chin with tape, which the airline employee quickly lowered away from his mouth. Mr. Berry yelled “help” several times, followed by an announcement by the crew that the flight was about to land.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFoXmnBuLw0
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Maxwell Berry arrived on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami early Sunday morning taped to his seat after the 22-year-old passenger punched one flight attendant and groped two others, the authorities said.
A Frontier Airlines passenger assaulted three flight attendants, punching one and groping the breasts of two others, on a weekend flight from Philadelphia to Miami, prompting one crew member to tape him to his seat until the plane landed, the authorities said.
Part of the altercation was caught on video by other passengers, who jeered as the man was restrained for the remainder of Flight 2289, which left Philadelphia at 10:41 p.m. on Saturday and landed two hours and 37 minutes later.
Frontier Airlines said in an initial statement on Tuesday that the flight attendants would be “relieved of flying” while it investigated, which drew sharp criticism from the Association of Flight Attendants, the nation’s largest flight attendants union. Later on Tuesday, the airline said that paid leave was in line with “an event of this nature.”
The Association of Flight Attendants said that the encounter was emblematic of the hostilities faced by airline crews since the loosening of travel restrictions that had been put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. It came amid a surge of reports filed by airlines with the Federal Aviation Administration about unruly passengers, who have faced steep fines for disruptions.
In one video, which was obtained by several television stations and received widespread attention online, the man, who the police said had been drinking, repeatedly cursed at other passengers and at the crew. He said that his parents were worth “two million goddamn dollars.”
The Miami-Dade Police Department identified the man as Maxwell Berry, 22, of Norwalk, Ohio, who it said in a criminal complaint had been charged with three misdemeanor counts of battery.
It was not immediately clear if Mr. Berry had a lawyer. Messages left by phone at his family’s home in Ohio and by email on Tuesday were not answered.
In another video obtained by the website TMZ, Mr. Berry harangued passengers and brought up his race.
“I’m white,” he said. “I’m sorry, I can’t change that.”
At one point, someone on the plane yelled for his mouth to be taped shut. A few moments later, a crew member wrapped Mr. Berry’s mouth and chin with tape, which the airline employee quickly lowered away from his mouth. Mr. Berry yelled “help” several times, followed by an announcement by the crew that the flight was about to land.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFoXmnBuLw0
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