US: Flight attendant smacks 'unruly passenger' with coffee pot; FBI starts investigation

An American Airlines flight that took off from Los Angeles, US, on Sunday was forced to redirect its route after an "unruly passenger" attempted to enter cockpit and n tried to open an exit door, Daily Mail reported. Following disruptive actions of male passenger, a flight attendant used a coffee pot to smack man on his he, as per Independent. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has started investigating cause behind it. 

company claimed in a statement that American Airlines flight 1775, which flew on Sunday, was destined for Washington, DC, but it was redirected to Kansas City, Missouri. As per witnesses,  passenger attempted to push his way into cockpit and unlock plane door. Furr, pilot can be heard saying in an audiotape captured on live air traffic control contacts, “Yeah, he is trying to get into cockpit, American 1775. We have got four passengers w trying to contain this gentleman,” Independent reported.  

In dition to this, statement, provided to CNN by airlines revealed that aircraft safely landed at Kansas City (MCI) at 2:28 p.m. local time. I went on to re, “We are grateful to our crew members, who are consistently dedicated to safety and care of our customers and who handled circumstances with utmost skill and professionalism." 

FBI started investigating incident

Furrmore, Joe McBride, a spokesman for Kansas City Aviation Department, informed CNN that passenger was "interfering with flight crew", and that event will be investigated by FBI. FBI verified event in a statement to CNN, ding that suspect h been apprehended. 

According to a United States Justice Department press release, passenger who is a 50-year-old male, has been accused of assaulting and threatening a flight attendant and refore interfering with flight attendant's responsibilities.  

Mouaz Moustafa, a native of Washington, DC., is one of eyewitnesses, said that a flight attendant h used a coffee pot to bash man over he and prevent him from accessing cockpit. Talking Twitter, he wrote, “ FBI has boarded flight AA1775 and is going through scene after a flight attendant used a coffee pot to strike a middle-d man multiple times who was attempting to open plane door.” 

Moustafa also claimed that he has seen flight attendant shout at ar crew member to put on lights before jet began descending, Daily Mail reported. 

Meanwhile, as per Federal Aviation ministration, as of December 31, 2021, ncy has received 5,981 complaints of rowdy passenger conduct from all U.S. carriers. Of those, 4,290 (about 72%) were events involving wher or t to wear a mask. 

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