An American Airlines passenger was detained by the FBI after allegedly assaulting an attendant on a flight from San José del Cabo, Mexico, to Los Angeles earlier this week, officials say.
flight attendant in the back of the head on a flight from Mexico to Los Angeles has been arrested, federal prosecutors said.
In video shared on social media, a flight attendant walks away from a passenger after appearing to have said: “Yeah, that’s a no.” The passenger runs up and appears to sucker punch the attendant in the back of the head, prompting other passengers to cry out, with one shouting:"Oh my God!" It was not immediately clear what led up to the incident.
The passenger then moved to the front of the plane and"allegedly loitered near the first-class cabin" before sitting in an unoccupied aisle, the department said. A different flight attendant approached Le and requested that he return to his assigned seat, it said.