Coffee? Tea? Perhaps an icepack?
Tensions run high enough on aeroplanes. You’re rocketing along in a tube of metal, fighting for elbow room, eating bland food and queuing for violently vacuuming toilets. Throw in alcohol and you’re asking for drama, or in the case of Spirit Air Flight 141, an all-out brawl.
Yep. During the journey from Baltimore-to-Los Angeles, Spirit Air staff were forced to intervene when five female passengers started hurling fists over a dispute about loud music. Punches were thrown, handbags were swung, hair was pulled. It wasn’t pretty. Thankfully for us, a host a bemused passengers were ready and willing to capture the whole thing on video.
The high-altitude biffo started when two apparently tipsy women began playing music loudly through a set of portable speakers. They were asked to lower the volume but, unwilling to supress their tunes, they reportedly responded, “What are you going to do about it?”, while waving the speakers in the air.
Three other female passengers weren’t willing to cop that kind of ‘tude and confronted the women, leading to what Los Angeles Airport police officer, Rob Pedregon, described as “a mutual combat situation”.
When the plane landed in LAX, the five women were met by a welcoming party of police, and escorted of the plane. The FBI were also called to investigate, but so far no one has been charged.
Top Comments
RSA is vital on a plane. I remember a flight home from Thailand where airline staff kept bringing the drinks to passengers who were already loud and drunk. I was afraid a situation would arise but luckily the other passengers (including myself) just put up with the juvenile behaviour of a few. Red eye from hell. I should have reported the flight crew but I got over it after a couple of days.
That was also my experience on a flight to Thailand from Perth a few years ago. We were with a 7-year-old and so were seated towards the back of the plane. The staff kept serving the group of about 10 20-something blokes whose aim appeared to be getting hammered on the plane - it took us ages to get served, as these boys all had at least 3 drinks before the attendants moved on to the passengers further back - and then they wonder why things get out of hand.
How is this funny? Distracting the crew from their job, posing a risk to other passengers, potentially even risking a fatal crash. Sheesh!