A man on a Frontier Airlines flight was restrained by other passengers after a violent outburst that resulted in a broken plane window.
The incident occurred about 20 minutes into Frontier Flight 4856, which departed from Denver International Airport and was heading toward George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Tuesday, Feb. 4.
According to fellow passenger Victoria Clark, the man became upset when the woman in front of him asked to switch seats.
According to another passenger Victoria Clark, the man became agitated when the woman in front of him requested a seat change. He started yelling and kicking her seat before he attacked the window.
“Then he immediately stood up and started punching the window and kicking at it. When people tried to stop him, he started waving his bloody knuckles around,” Clark said, according to Storyful.
“Then he proceeded to punch the window until one of the men grabbed his arm and twisted it behind him. He was able to shatter the first layer of the window before being stopped.”
Clark captured a video of several passengers using zip ties and shoelaces to confine a man in the aisle.
“He was very physical,” Tanner Phillips, one of those who stepped in, told ABC13 Houston. “I picked him up and put him on the ground. It took a couple of guys to get his arms behind him and secured.”
According to FlightAware, the cracked Plexiglass did not jeopardize the aircraft’s safety, and it landed in Houston on time at approximately 11:10 p.m.
Law enforcement responded to a request for a “combative” passenger and greeted the aircraft when it arrived, according to a Houston Police Department (HPD) official.
Officers spoke with the individual, and Frontier Airlines declined to file charges.
According to the HPD, the FBI is still investigating.
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