An American Airlines flight bound to Washington DC was forced to make an emergency landing in Kansas after one of the flight attendants was forced to hit an unruly passenger with a coffee pot.
The American Airlines flight AA1775 had departed Los Angeles but was forced to divert to Kansas City’s MCI Airport due to the unruly passenger, where he was taken off the flight.
More FBI agents in the plane speaking to passengers you can see the flight attendant cleaning up the scene. The individual who caused the incident was bleeding as the plane made the emergency landing. #AA1775 from #LA to #DC is currently still on tarmac in Kansas City #Missouri. pic.twitter.com/Kc99Dwo3Fv
— Mouaz Moustafa (@SoccerMouaz) February 13, 2022
Chatting with the pilot just now of #AA1775 great pilot he told me that we were 40 mins out of Kansas and he tried to bring us down as soon as possible as a man tried to get into the cockpit then tried to open the plane door. still on tarmac with FBI on scene. pic.twitter.com/jqoYnrJKCG
— Mouaz Moustafa (@SoccerMouaz) February 13, 2022
Blood started to flow after the flight attendant reportedly used a coffee pot to hit the man. Multiple videos of the event were shared on the internet.