![]() The boy acted up on the Airbus A321 about an. The passenger was restrained with 'flex cuffs and restraint tape' until the plane landed at Charlotte Douglas International Airport for the safety and security of other customers and our crew. However, it is unclear whether Morgan realised it was a spoof. The teen threw a tantrum and fought with his mother aboard an American Airlines flight from Maui to Los Angeles on Tuesday, CBS Los Angeles reported. We need more people like Alfredo in the world”. Talking head Piers Morgan reposted the clips, writing, “This is utterly fantastic. ![]() The spoof interview has been viewed more than 1.2 million times on YouTube and has been reposted numerous times across other social media platforms. The comedic reporting was interspersed with clips of the real incident, leaving some confused as to the nature of the video. Flight attendants have once again resorted to duct tape to restrain an unruly passenger this time tying down a 13-year-old boy on an American Airlines flight as another family member. “So, we wrapped him up better than any Christmas present you ever see.” “I said, ‘Yeah, we’re about to mummify your arse now boy.’ He got scared and started to stutter, ‘Hold up, wait a minute. He continued, explaining what happened: “So what I did, is took out the duct tape. The comic described the passenger, saying: “This man smelt like a pack of Marlboro cigarettes, four shots of Everclear alcohol and regret, so I know something was about to go down.” If you push us too far, you’re going to have to attend this arse whooping.” Sometimes our job has us attending to crazy people. In the 1 minute 33 second-long clip he explained: “I’m a flight attendant, that means I attend the flights. The flight attendants who used the duct tape were suspended. The spokesman told us that these types of incidents happen "once in a while, but not that often.Impersonating the flight attendant who duct-taped him, YouTube personality The Real Spark has gone viral with a spoof interview in which he calls himself Alfredo Rivera. By now much of the world has seen video of the Frontier Airlines Philadelphia Miami passenger duct taped to his seat after reportedly spilling a cocktail on himself, taking off his shirt, touching up flight attendants and getting into a fight. The spokesman told us local authorities did not feel it warranted charges, and the Post adds passengers wouldn’t come forward to detail his threatening behavior.Īrthorsson, who works in Trinidad and Tobago as a civil engineer, had been on his way to Jamaica to meet up with his fiance. Upon arrival at JFK the flight was met by authorities who arrested the male.Ī Port Authority spokesman confirmed that Arthorsson was met by police after the plane landed, and transported to Jamaica Hospital where he was treated for alcohol poisoning. To ensure the safety of those on board, he was restrained by passengers and crew and was monitored for his own safety for the duration of the flight. His behavior was considered to be unruly and threatening. A spokesman for Icelandair, Michael Raucheisen, confirmed the details of the incident to the Times: ![]() ![]() Two passengers and an off-duty captain then allegedly pinned him to his seat while Icelandair’s flight crew wrapped him in duct tape and plastic ties (they also gagged him for good measure). “Just think of a typical drunk, when he starts taking fighting poses,” a police source told the Post, adding that Arthorsson appeared to be “completely out of his mind.” ![]() He tried to “choke the woman next to him” and was “screaming the plane was going to crash,” other passengers said. Then about two hours before the flight landed, police say Arthorsson “became intoxicated, verbally abusive toward the flight crew as well as other passengers.” That's when things got very messy: “He tried to grope and strangle fellow passengers and they said absolutely not,” Ellwood said. Another source said a flight attendant confiscated two liquor bottles after that, but Arthorsson “went into the seat pocket in front of him and began consuming a variety of mini bottles" (including Grand Marnier, whiskey and schnapps). Ellwood's friend, who was on the flight, was the one who snapped the picture. “He drank an entire bottle of hard liquor two to three hours into the flight,” Manhattan resident Andy Ellwood, who posted the photo to his Tumblr, told the Post. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images) The 190 passengers of American Airlines’ Flight 1774 boarded the plane last week in an orderly manner. And some more details about his drunken antics leading up to the photo have been revealed. Passenger Gudmundur Karl Arthorsson, 46, may not have been arrested, but he did make it to the front cover of the NY Post. 2.8K Dislike Share Save CNN 14. Yesterday, a photo of an unruly Icelandair passenger who had to be restrained with duct tape and plastic ties on a flight from Reykjavik to JFK on Thursday spread across the internet faster than a dog driving a power wheel car by himself. ![]()
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