FBI Investigating After Alaska Airlines Flight Attendant Repeatedly H*ts Passenger Who Allegedly A$$aulted Women On Board

FBI Investigating After Alaska Airlines Flight Attendant Repeatedly H*ts Passenger Who Allegedly A$$aulted Women On Board

An Alaska Airlines flight is now under FBI scrutiny after a violent altercation mid-air.

A viral video from the flight, which was en route from Oakland to Portland, shows a flight attendant repeatedly striking a male passenger, urging him to release the woman’s hair he was gripping.

The FBI’s San Francisco branch confirmed they are investigating whether federal laws were violated.

According to Alaska Airlines, the passenger appeared to be experiencing a violent medical episode, which led to an assault on passengers and crew members.

The incident unfolded on the tarmac, prompting the plane to return to the gate, where law enforcement intervened. The airline has banned the passenger.

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA commended the crew member for preventing further harm, calling the intervention necessary to stop escalating violence.

It remains to be seen if federal authorities agree with this assessment as the investigation continues.

 

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Authored by: TJB Writer

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  1. playzipgame at 7:38 am

    Videos like this always skip the part that actually matters: what crew are trained to do when a medical episode turns violent mid-cabin. Reading the timeline again — tarmac, return to gate, law enforcement — it does look like the textbook escalation path, which is why the AFA statement makes sense. That said, I would still like the FBI summary to spell out whether the force used was proportionate, because “necessary to stop escalating violence” is doing a lot of work in that sentence. What stands out to me is that the ban landed before any finding was released; airlines tend to move quicker on banning a passenger than on revisiting crew de-escalation training. Either way, glad the woman in the aisle got help.

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