`Delta crew broke wine bottle over rowdy flyer's head'
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Seattle:
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A flight attendant broke a
wine bottle over the head of a man who lunged for an exit door and
fought with other flyers during a Delta Air Lines flight from Seattle to
Beijing, but it didn't faze him, an FBI agent wrote in charging papers
filed Friday.
Joseph Daniel Hudek IV , 23, of Tampa, Florida,
appeared in the US District Court, wearing a beige jail uniform and
sporting a scrape or bruise below his right eye.
Hudek was arrested Thursday night after causing the disturbance that forced the plane to return to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Hudek did not speak during the hearing. His attorney , Robert Flennaugh II, declined to comment.
Hudek was charged with interfering with a flight crew, which carries a possible sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He is expected to remain in custody at least until a detention hearing on July 13.
A probable cause statement written by FBI special agent Caryn Highley said Hudek was sitting in the first row of the Boeing 767's first-class section. He asked a flight attendant for a beer before takeoff. He was served one, but exhibited no sign of being intoxicated and ordered no more alcoholic drinks, the flight attendant told authorities.
About an hour into the flight, while the plane was over the Pacific Ocean northwest of Vancouver Island, Hudek went into the forward restroom, came out quickly , asked the attendant a question, and went back in.
When he came out again two minutes later, he suddenly lunged for the exit door, grabbed the handle and tried to open it, Highley wrote. Two flight attendants grabbed him, but he pushed them away, and they signaled for help from several passengers and notified the cockpit by phone, the complaint said.
Hudek punched one flight attendant twice in the face and struck at least one passenger on the head with a desert red wine bottle. As the struggle continued, a flight attendant grabbed two wine bottles and hit Hudek over the head with each -breaking at least one of them.
According to one flight attendant: “Hudek did not seem impacted by the breaking of a full litre red wine bottle over his head, and instead shouted, `Do you know who I am?' or something to that extent,“ the complaint said.
One passenger got him in a head-lock, but he broke out of it, until finally several passengers held him long enough to place zip-tie restraints on him. Even then he remained combative, Highley said, and it took multiple passengers to keep him restrained until the plane landed and Port of Seattle police arrested him.
Hudek was arrested Thursday night after causing the disturbance that forced the plane to return to the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Hudek did not speak during the hearing. His attorney , Robert Flennaugh II, declined to comment.
Hudek was charged with interfering with a flight crew, which carries a possible sentence of up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He is expected to remain in custody at least until a detention hearing on July 13.
A probable cause statement written by FBI special agent Caryn Highley said Hudek was sitting in the first row of the Boeing 767's first-class section. He asked a flight attendant for a beer before takeoff. He was served one, but exhibited no sign of being intoxicated and ordered no more alcoholic drinks, the flight attendant told authorities.
About an hour into the flight, while the plane was over the Pacific Ocean northwest of Vancouver Island, Hudek went into the forward restroom, came out quickly , asked the attendant a question, and went back in.
When he came out again two minutes later, he suddenly lunged for the exit door, grabbed the handle and tried to open it, Highley wrote. Two flight attendants grabbed him, but he pushed them away, and they signaled for help from several passengers and notified the cockpit by phone, the complaint said.
Hudek punched one flight attendant twice in the face and struck at least one passenger on the head with a desert red wine bottle. As the struggle continued, a flight attendant grabbed two wine bottles and hit Hudek over the head with each -breaking at least one of them.
According to one flight attendant: “Hudek did not seem impacted by the breaking of a full litre red wine bottle over his head, and instead shouted, `Do you know who I am?' or something to that extent,“ the complaint said.
One passenger got him in a head-lock, but he broke out of it, until finally several passengers held him long enough to place zip-tie restraints on him. Even then he remained combative, Highley said, and it took multiple passengers to keep him restrained until the plane landed and Port of Seattle police arrested him.
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