smiled and politely said, “Thank you.” BURK then asked, “Can I have a kiss?” T.C. apologised to BURK and told him they had just received the catering for the flight and did not have time due to having to put the catering away.Īfter a few minutes, the 61-year-old got up from his seat and went to the front of the plane to use the restroom, but stopped first in the galley where T.C.
Why can’t I get my pre-departure drink?” Subsequently, as standard protocol, T.C. saying, “Well, that’s why I like you guys. When he was asking BURK for his meal order, the elderly seemed fine but then got “snippy” with T.C. stated this interaction occurred when he was taking the first-class passengers’ meal orders before takeoff," added the affidavit. because he did not receive his red wine before departure. Generally, first-class passengers receive drinks from the flight attendant before takeoff.Īccording to the victim, he ran out of time and was not able to give BURK his pre-ordered alcoholic beverage, which was red wine. Delta flight crew members on Delta flight 517 were reporting interference with a flight attendant, T.C., by a passenger, BURK, who had made sexual advances toward T.C," read the affidavit.įurther, it said that the flight attendant and victim, T.C., was working in the first-class passenger area, where BURK was sitting in seat 5A.
(AKDT), FBI Operations Center in the Anchorage Field Office received a phone call from Anchorage Airport Police Dispatch, who reported an incident which was called in from Delta Airlines. It was the third time this month that a Delta flight out of Los Angeles had to divert due to an unruly passenger's behaviour.Ī Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to New York was reportedly diverted to Detroit on Thursday after an unruly passenger became a threat.Įarlier this month, an unruly passenger was arrested after he had allegedly tried to breach the cockpit on a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Nashville, Tennessee, forcing the plane to divert to Albuquerque, New Mexico.According to an affidavit, the unruly passenger was identified as 61-year-old David Alan BURK, who was travelling from Minnesota to Alaska on a Delta Airlines flight on April 10, and had made sexual advances toward TC (Crew member). The man "made terroristic threats and assaulted two flight attendants near the front of the plane," reported The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, citing Oklahoma City police.Ĭrew members asked passengers for help and several people detained the man with the help of an off-duty pilot, reported the newspaper, adding that police later said that the man had exhibited signs of mental health issues. "The aircraft landed without incident and the passenger was removed by law enforcement."Īccording to US media reports, the unruly passenger was identified as an off-duty flight attendant. "Thanks to the crew and passengers of Delta Flight 1730 (LAX to ATL) who assisted in detaining an unruly passenger as the flight diverted to Oklahoma City (OKC)," Delta said in a statement. A Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta was forced to divert its route and make an emergency landing Friday night after an unruly passenger made threats and attacked flight attendants, the airline said Saturday.
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