Passenger having psychotic episode grabs hair of woman in front of him. Flight attendant throat punches him until he finally lets go.
Alaska Airlines flight 2221 from Oakland, California (OAK) to Portland, Oregon (PDX) was preparing for takeoff when a kerfuffle occurred in the cabin. A male passenger was spouting off some “weird” things and began rocking his head violently, eventually striking it against the seat in front of him and reportedly briefly losing consciousness.
When he awoke, he reached over and grabbed the hair of the woman sitting a row in front of him and refused to let go.
A flight attendant came over and when the man refused to let go of the woman’s hair, the flight attendant began striking him in the throat (a common law enforcement tactic targeting the brachial plexus nerve) until he finally let go.
