Typically, the biggest dispute between flight passengers is over who is the true owner of the shared armrest.
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For one drunk passenger, he broke just about every conceivable common courtesy rule in the book.
During an Aer Lingus flight bound for Seattle, an intoxicated passenger, James Bradley Noble, acted extremely unruly. So much so that it took seven flight attendants to restrain his drunken tirade.
Noble allegedly "exhibited behavior described as being intoxicated, stumbling and being disruptive," the complaint claims. Noble then began exhibiting "harassing behavior" toward his seatmate.
Authorities state that at one point, Noble allegedly "began gesturing to force pills into her mouth, followed by physical gestures resembling a closed fist."
He then spilled soda on the woman, who went to alert the flight attendant of the bizarre disturbance. She was reportedly moved to business class, away from the intoxicated man.
Unfortunately, the issues didn't stop there.
Roughly halfway through the flight, Noble crept up behind a flight attendant and "aggressively wrapped his arms" around them.
For the next 20 minutes, the flight attendant sat with Noble, possibly preventing him from further disturbing fellow passengers.
Their attempt to calm him was unsuccessful, as the restrained Noble threatened the flight attendant, saying, "I'm going to f*** you up," according to the complaint.
Hoping to end his tirade for good, flight attendants worked to put Noble in handcuffs. According to the complaint, it took up to seven flight attendants to successfully cuff the intoxicated traveler.
Unruly Flight Passenger Could Serve Up to 20 Years in Prison
Seattle police arrested Noble when the flight finally touched down at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The investigation was then handed over to the FBI, which has jurisdiction over crimes committed aboard commercial aircraft traveling to the US.
Upon landing, Noble was arrested and charged the following day with interference with flight crew members and attendants, a federal crime carrying up to 20 years in prison.
Noble appeared in court on Monday and was ordered detained.
