On Sunday, an argument broke out on a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Chicago after a female passenger and a child made the threat to kill a flight attendant.
According to NBC5, the woman was reportedly enraged at being asked to remain seated as the flight prepared to land and prevented from taking her child to the bathroom.
A few people who were on the flight were able to get video of the incident, and one clip that was posted on TikTok shows the woman, who is only known by her first name and goes by Sarah, saying to an attendant, “I will kill you.”You will f—ing die for me.”
What upset her was not made clear in the video.According to the report, Sarah allegedly yelled at the attendants that her toddler “had to throw up.”
As can be seen in the video, the mother was yelling while holding her infant on her hip.According to Insider, an attendant who kept calling Sarah “ma’am” was heard trying to argue with her.
Sarah allegedly pushed one of the attendants and continued to yell throughout the flight, prompting another attendant to keep asking the woman to return to her seat.
At O’Hare International Airport’s landing gate, Chicago police arrived.According to a statement from the Chicago Police Department, the mother, her child, and one of the flight attendants were taken to a hospital for observation.
The nature of the injuries was not discussed by the airline, but it was confirmed that no serious damage was done.
United reported that upon landing, law enforcement removed a “disruptive customer” and transported “one member of the flight attendant crew to a hospital for evaluation.”
Additionally, the crew was lauded in the airline’s statement for their “professionalism and for putting the safety of our team and customers first.”
This incident was under joint investigation by the FBI and Chicago police.Whether the woman will face charges is unknown.
In advance of the busiest travel time of the year, Corliss King, Vice President of Transport Union Workers
Local 556, which represents over 15,000 flight attendants nationwide, has called for tighter federal regulations to control in-flight disturbances and assaults.
King urged Congress to pass the Abusive Passengers Act, stating, “That small number of people that are insistent on behaving unruly, on behaving dangerously, represent a threat not just to flight crews but to our flying passengers as well.”
The law would require the creation of a list of disruptive passengers who would be banned from flying on commercial flights.
“Our airline stewards are the principal line of guard, yet we ought to likewise be secured,” Ruler said. “So we are searching for people in general, government lawmakers and we’re searching for our transporters to rally to safeguard us.We are at risk the most.
A couple persistently argued with the crew about their seating arrangement on a United Airlines flight, which resulted in the entire flight having to deplane in another instance of mid-air disruption that was reported earlier this month.Despite allegedly paying $142 for an aisle seat due to claustrophobia, the woman was given a window seat, according to the husband, and she ended up with her “worst-case scenario, against the wall.”
