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PAX restrained with duct tape
(AP) An airline crew used duct tape to keep a passenger in her seat because they say she became unruly, fighting flight attendants and grabbing other passengers, forcing the flight to land in North Carolina.
Maria Esther Castillo of Oswego, N.Y., is due in court Thursday, charged with resisting arrest and interfering with the operations of a flight crew aboard United Airlines Flight 645, from Puerto Rico to Chicago. Castillo, 45, struck a flight attendant on the buttocks with the back of her hand during Saturday's flight, FBI Special Agent Peter Carricato said in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Charlotte. She also stood and fell onto the head of a blind passenger and later started pulling the person's hair, the complaint stated. Ankle cuffs kept slipping off Castillo, so the flight crew and two passengers were forced to use duct tape to keep her in her seat, the complaint states. She calmed as the pilot diverted the flight to Charlotte-Douglass International Airport, but became disruptive again when authorities boarded the plane to remove her, authorities said. Carricato states that a passenger saw Castillo having drinks in an airport bar before boarding. She bought another drink on the plane. Flight attendants stopped serving her alcohol because of her behavior, the complaint states. FBI spokeswoman Amy Thoreson on Wednesday declined to comment on the ongoing investigation. Messages left seeking comment weren't immediately returned by Castillo's attorney, Julia Mimms, or by a representative of United. |
Originally Posted by JimYUL
(Post 10657898)
(AP) An airline crew used duct tape to keep a passenger in her seat because they say she became unruly, fighting flight attendants and grabbing other passengers, forcing the flight to land in North Carolina.
Maria Esther Castillo of Oswego, N.Y., is due in court Thursday, charged with resisting arrest and interfering with the operations of a flight crew aboard United Airlines Flight 645, from Puerto Rico to Chicago. Castillo, 45, struck a flight attendant on the buttocks with the back of her hand during Saturday's flight, FBI Special Agent Peter Carricato said in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Charlotte. She also stood and fell onto the head of a blind passenger and later started pulling the person's hair, the complaint stated. Ankle cuffs kept slipping off Castillo, so the flight crew and two passengers were forced to use duct tape to keep her in her seat, the complaint states. She calmed as the pilot diverted the flight to Charlotte-Douglass International Airport, but became disruptive again when authorities boarded the plane to remove her, authorities said. Carricato states that a passenger saw Castillo having drinks in an airport bar before boarding. She bought another drink on the plane. Flight attendants stopped serving her alcohol because of her behavior, the complaint states. FBI spokeswoman Amy Thoreson on Wednesday declined to comment on the ongoing investigation. Messages left seeking comment weren't immediately returned by Castillo's attorney, Julia Mimms, or by a representative of United. |
Originally Posted by wb8iny
(Post 10658119)
Old news, and well covered in United forum...
There's a United forum? |
Duct tape? Man, that stuff does everything...
Mike |
Duck tape, 1001 uses....make that 1002. Here are some other options,http://www.ducttapeguys.com/topten/index.html
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Originally Posted by purpleskiesfly
(Post 10658205)
Not old news if one never enters the United forum...
There's a United forum? |
How come I never get to see any of these crazy flights?
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Originally Posted by mikeef
(Post 10658300)
Duct tape? Man, that stuff does everything...
Mike |
Sorry guys, I didn't even know there was a Newsstands forum, and I even checked Travel/Saf/Sec to make sure it wasn't on here already before posting. My bad, thought I had put it in the logical place.
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This is the first I heard of it, too funny!
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Duct tape always does the job
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I find it strange that zip-ties didn't hold.
(However, UA probably doesn't buy the same quality that law enforcement agencies do.) |
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