An American Airlines passenger threatened to take down a plane with his fellow passengers, calling them “blue-eyed white devils”
According to Fox News, Shail Patel, 29, threatened to “take this plane down with all you motherf****** on it.”
Patel was reportedly drunk when he boarded a flight from Philadelphia to Tampa.
NEW – American Airlines passenger threatened to take down the plane with all passengers on it: reporthttps://t.co/iqN9WQ9q19
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American Airlines passenger seen in viral video yelled about ‘blue-eyed white devils’ and threatened to ‘take this plane down’: affidavit https://t.co/KERTco5Rnn pic.twitter.com/nRR1obST39
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Per Fox News:
The report stated he was acting hostile after he boarded and “began acting erratically, yelling and cursing at the passengers.”
Patel called passengers “blue-eyed white devils” and threatened to “take this plane down with all you motherf—— on it,” according to court documents. He is also accused of slapping a passenger on the hand and face and spitting on them.
ADVERTISEMENTVideo footage of the incident showed Patel yelling an antisemitic slur at a flight attendant before he was put in a headlock by a fellow passenger and removed from the aircraft.
“I’m trying to get to my home country and you people made it harder for me to get to my home country,” he was heard yelling at one point in the video.
A flight attendant used the aircraft’s public address system to ask if any off-duty police officers were on board who could help restrain Patel. Police said six off-duty law enforcement officers stepped in and took him off the plane.
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NEW: A belligerent American Airlines passenger was put in a headlock and dragged out by a fellow flyer before takeoff.
The man allegedly struck someone, prompting him to become enraged and spew anti-Semitic slurs.
During the outburst the man yelled an anti-Semitic slur and… pic.twitter.com/9MShfFeP3l
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From the New York Post:
In one clip, Patel, dressed in a striped button-down shirt, could be heard calling a crew member a “k–e.”
“I’m trying to get to my home country and you all people made it harder for me to get to my home country,” he shouted.
Another video showed a fed-up flyer in a blue hoodie and baseball hat grabbing Patel and putting him in a headlock after a shoving match.
“Now put your hands down and don’t touch anybody,” the man screamed as he kept his counterpart in the headlock.
“I’m a police officer,” said a woman in a backwards hat as she approached the duo, leading the man in blue to reply, “So am I.”
ADVERTISEMENT“Turn around and walk,” the man in blue told the disruptive passenger as he continued to restrain his arms.
The disturbance caused the flight to be delayed by 30 minutes as cops were called to deal with the disruptive traveler.
