A passenger on board a flight from Frontier Airlines to Houston had a violent eruption on Wednesday after being asked to move, hit and kick until he broke a layer of the window of the plane, halfway through the flight.
Houston's police said they had been informed that there was a “combative passenger on board” flight F9 4856 from Denver, but refused to mention the man because the airline has so far refused to tackle.
Officers met the plane at the gate and saw a subdued man in a wheelchair.
The incident started when someone asked the man to move seats, passenger Victoria Clark told an ABC station in Houston.
“The lady asked for the gentlemen to move seats, and when she did, he started kicking abundantly and started beating the window,” Clark said.
“He was scary,” she added.
There were no police or air marels on the plane, said passengers, so travelers including a military veteran jumped in to hold the man with the help of zip tires and shoelaces.
'Hearing the stewardess walking through the aisles shouting:' Does anyone have a belt? If anyone has a shoe fire, was absolutely frightening, “passenger Chloe Starcevic told Good morning America.
Passengers photographed a broken window with nearby blood stains on the flight.
The FBI is involved in investigating the incident, Khou reports.
The incident comes at a time of increased control of safety conditions in the US aviation system.
Last week a regional jet collided in the American Airlines in a halfway with an American army helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, killing 67 people.
Just a few days later, a medical jet crashed with a girl traveling to the US for medical treatment shortly after departure from Philadelphia and landed in a busy residential area.
In the meantime, a jet in Japan Airlines hit a Delta plane in Seattle while the plane on the runway is taxiing.
Federal officials are all investigating the accidents.
