Intoxicated Passenger Attacks Spirit Flight Attendants

An intoxicated passenger attacked two Sprit flight attendants on Saturday. The intoxicated passenger was aboard a Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale to Nashville.

Airport police arrested the 42-year old female passenger after flight crew contacted law enforcement on the ground at Nashville International Airport around 7 PM. A fellow passenger helped restrain the woman. When she was being arrested, the intoxicated passenger yelled at the police officers to “shoot me”.

Intoxicated Passenger

When the plane landed at Nashville International Airport, members of the flight crew told officers that she punched one flight attendant and pulled the other’s hair. Spirit Airlines spokesperson Nicole Aguiar did not comment on the details found in the affidavit. However, Aguiar just said that law enforcement removed “a passenger for unruly behavior”.

In an email, Aguiar said that “We do not tolerate aggressive behavior of any kind, and this passenger is no longer welcome on any of our flights”.

In the affidavit, it says that she smelled alcohol and was speaking slurred. She also said to officers that she drank “a lot”. Also, the affidavit mentioned that she yelled at police officers on several occasions. She said “I didn’t do anything wrong” and “shoot me”.

The police took the intoxicated passenger to jail on Saturday at 8:40 pm. However, authorities released the woman the following day at 6 AM.

Aguiar in an email thanked law enforcement, crew members, and other passengers who assisted in restraining the unruly passenger. She also said, “We will work with the relevant authorities to ensure this individual is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law”.

According to the affidavit, the flight crew didn’t press charges. Nashville International Spokesperson Kym Gerlock did not add any more details but said that the incident is “under investigation”.

Unruly passengers onboard flights are becoming common nowadays. For this year, the Federal Aviation Administration already recorded 5,338 unruly passenger reports. In addition to this, more than 3,800 incidents involved mask-wearing.