Some people classify for permanent jail time.
The mayhem took place on board a flight from Seattle to Beijing.
The details on this lunatic make you wonder what was he on? After getting cracked upside the head with a bottle of wine the man screamed “Do you know who I am?”
An unruly passenger who authorities say was trying to open an exit door on a Delta Air Lines flight to Beijing fought with the cabin crew and a passenger and was conked over the head by a flight attendant with two wine bottles, a criminal complaint alleges.
Joseph Daniel Hudek IV, a 23-year-old passenger from Florida, was arrested after the plane returned to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, FBI spokeswoman Ayn Dietrich-Williams said.
The suspect made an initial appearance in federal court Friday in Seattle, hearing the criminal complaint of one count of interfering with a flight crew. That carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison and fines up to $250,000.
The battle in the galley near the cockpit of Delta Flight 129, which was headed to Beijing with 210 passengers and 11 crew aboard, began as the airliner cruised near Canada’s western coast about an hour into the flight. According to a criminal complaint released Friday, Hudek — who was traveling in first class on a dependent travel pass, a perk afforded to family members employed by the airline — attempted to open the forward exit door on the right side of the airliner.
Two flight attendants tried to subdue Hudek but were pushed away, and he continued his attempt to open the door. According to the complaint, Hudek was able to move the door handle mechanism and push the emergency release lever halfway.Aircraft cabin doors cannot be opened at high altitudes because of the differing pressures inside and outside the jet’s cabin, and the Delta plane was cruising at high altitude, at 32,000 feet, when the incident happened. However, at a lower altitude, according to the complaint, it was possible the door might open.
The flight attendants then signaled to passengers they needed help. During the altercation, Hudek punched a flight attendant twice in the face and hit another assisting passenger with a bottle of wine. Hudek then attempted again to open the exit door.
As the struggle continued, another flight attendant grabbed two wine bottles and struck Hudek in the head, breaking one. “Hudek did not seem impacted by the breaking of a full-liter red wine bottle over his head, and instead, shouted ‘Do you know who I am?” or something to that extent,” according to the complaint. Hudek was able to break away several times during the altercation.
Several first-class passengers and the flight attendants eventually were able to restrain Hudek long enough to put zip-tie handcuffs on him. He remained “extremely combative” all the way back to Seattle and needed to be restrained by multiple passengers until the Delta flight landed, according to the complaint.
His grandfather may be even more delusional.
‘”He’s a great kid, he’s a real good guy; he works hard, saves his money, I don’t know what happened”
What happened sir is people’s lives being put in serious danger because your grandson thought he was the Hulk.
Jail time would be a blessing in this case. Thankfully nothing serious occurred thanks to several heady passengers and flight crew on board.
The scene after the plane landed was pretty wild. Flip the page for video of passengers speaking on the entire ordeal and the aftermath on board.