He tried to break the window of a plane with blows: passengers stopped him and tied to his seat
A flight of Frontier Airlines that covered the route between Denver and Houston was involved in an alarming incident when a passengerapparently out of controlbegan to hit repeatedly one of the windows of the plane, causing visible fractures in the glass. As reported Fox 26 and ABC News, The incident occurred on Tuesday, February 4, approximately 20 minutes after takeoff.
According to the statements of witnesses collected by the media, the passenger initially tried to establish a conversation with a woman sitting in the row in front of him, who did not respond to his attempts. Given this situation, the man began to hit the support of the woman’s seat and subsequently directed his assault Towards the plane window.
The impact of the blows was such that the window suffered visible damage, including Crystal cracksand blood of the passenger was observed on the surface. This behavior unleashed panic among the other occupants of the plane, who quickly asked for help.
As reported Tanner Phillipsanother passenger present on the flight, the man “shouted in several languages, hit the window and lay down while trying to get it out of a kick.”
Jessica Brownanother passenger, described the scene for Fox 26 as “absolutely chaotic” and added: “It was the scariest that has happened to me in life. We turned around and saw a guy who was breaking the window of a punch. We immediately start screaming for help. ”
“I thought we were not going to have another September 11, that this was not happening, and I felt very grateful that my husband and the other men immediately jump so that he did not break the Second Window Panel”Brown said.
Given the seriousness of the events, several men traveling on the plane decided to intervene to contain the passenger. As Phillips explained to ABC World News Tonight“It was necessary for several men to hold their arms to immobilize it” Once contained, the man was placed again in his seat, where he remained calm during the rest of the flight, which had a Total duration of two hours and thirty minutes.
“We use Laces shoes, belts and headphones To hold it, ”said Brown.
The plane, identified as the Flight 4856 of Frontier Airlineshe landed without major setbacks in the George Bush Intercontinental Airport from Houston at 11:10 pm, local time. Upon arrival, agents of the Houston Police Department made a review of the Passenger State and proceeded to interrogate him.
Chloe Starcevic, a 13 -year -old passenger, said that at that time she felt “absolutely terrified” and that this caused his anxiety to shoot.
“My mother and I trembled and prayed all the time. I didn’t know what was going to happen. It was really scary. I had no idea what would happen to everyone. I was worried about my father, because she is very brave for wanting to do that, ”Starcevic revealed Fox 26.
Despite the seriousness of the incident and the damage caused to the plane window, Frontier Airlines He decided not to present charges against the passenger, he reported People. However, the case generated concern among passengers and raised questions about security measures on commercial flights.
The news joins an accident list that involves aircraft flying in US territory, including a medical plane that crashed into a busy area of Philadelphia last week and a passenger plane that collided in the middle of the air with a Black Black Black helicopter Hawk
