A passenger wanted to get out of the plane in mid-flight and was taped to the seat

Video filmed on American Airlines flight 1774, which traveled from Texas to North Carolina, United States, went viral on TikTok as shows a woman glued to her airplane seat. This is due to an incident in which the airline makes sure that attacked the flight attendants and attempted to open the main door of the aircraft.

In the video, filmed by TikTok user @ lol.ariee , an unidentified woman can be seen, strapped to her first class seat with a fair amount of duct tape around her chest and mouth, while trying to yell at the passengers exiting the plane after it lands.

In a later video, @ lol.ariee said it all started an hour after the flight started when “all the flight attendants ran down the aisles, frantically as if they were whispering to each other ”. He says the crew closed the toilets and secured the bags in the overhead compartments, but did not indicate what exactly was going on. “It was like chaos and no one knew what was going on, ”the TikTok user said.

It all became clear when the pilot finally spoke on the intercom and asked people to stay in their seats due to “a bad situation on the plane“But didn’t elaborate, according to @ lol.ariee. As the plane landed, an air hostess who was seated near the passengers said that a woman “had an explosion”E tried to get off the plane.

“She was like, ‘I have to get off this plane,’ and she walked to the exit doors and started banging them, saying, ‘You have to let me get off that plane!’

The woman, as the airline reported hours later, apparently started biting, spitting and attacking flight attendants, which led the crew to “will lower it“And they covered her mouth with duct tape. The video, which has been viewed over 4 million times, shows a policeman and medical staff waiting at the entrance of the plane as other passengers exit. from cabin to landing.

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An American Airlines representative told US media Initiated in a statement that the woman “attempted to open the front door and physically assaulted, bit and injured a flight attendant”. “We commend our crew for their professionalism and quick efforts to protect those on board,” the company added. However, to the TikTok user who captured the video, the incident appeared to be “badly managed”.

Since January, in the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration has received 2,500 reports of rebellious behavior passengers, most of which concern travelers who refuse to comply with the federal mandate which imposes the wearing of masks.