Posted on 08/27/2015 7:00:44 PM PDT by markomalley
Two people have been arrested and two others hospitalized in New York after a passenger spat between two women on a plane escalated into a bruising battle involving a razor blade and pepper spray.
It all started Wednesday, when JetBlue Flight 690 arrived at JFK International Airport from Kingston, Jamaica. According to the New York Post, 61-year-old Jean Ballentine grew restless waiting to disembark from the plane and decided to simply clamber over fellow passenger Mary Cannady, 52, who was sitting in an aisle seat.
That was a mistake.
Cannady shoved Ballentine away, and Ballentine apparently retaliated by punching Cannady in the face, then breaking out an eyebrow razor she used to slash both Cannady and a male passenger who attempted to intervene.
Cannady in turn decided to break out a can of pepper spray, filling the airplane compartment with unpleasant fumes. The use of weaponry was notable, given that neither the razor nor the pepper spray should have been allowed into the passenger cabin in the first place.
Ballentine and Cannady were both arrested. Ballentine has been charged with second-degree assault and unlawful possession of a weapon, while Cannady has been charged with unlawful possession of tear gas. Both combatants were largely unharmed, the post says, but two others were hospitalized thanks to cuts from Ballentine’s razor and breathing difficulties from Cannady’s spray. According to the New York Daily News, seven total people required treatment for breathing difficulties.
Was Linda Graham hurt ?
Razor fight? With teargas accessory? On a jetliner? Maybe we should begin to take steps to make sure weapons aren’t allowed on planes.
Just a thought.
Years ago (before 9/11) I had to give up my pepper spray entering an airport, how did these people manage to have pepper spray and razor blade on JetBlue?
Since when is 52 & 61 "old"?
Razor blades and pepper spray shouldn’t be allowed on airplanes. Oh...never mind. Good work, TSA!
They looked in the wrong...oh, never mind.
Jean Ballentine:
Mary Canady:
I suspect the writer of the article is in their early twenties which would explain the “old” remark.
Disparate outcomes are racist and illegal.
No Caucasian passengers were arrested.
#BlackLivesMatterSometimes
Old women? They are 61 and 52.
The “journalist” must be 20 years old,or less.
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Jean looks like a hefty heifer. I don’t think I’d want her clambering over me either.
Looks like a simple case of getthehelloutofmyway.
What is an eyebrow razor?
You should be asking, Just who would need an eyebrow razor?
And then keep far, far from them
I am shocked!/s
At the double-nickel age I take great offense to a headline labeling/libeling the women as “old”.
I ain’t no fossil. (remember “Hardbodies”?)
I've read that Jamaica has its own boarding security standards.
Personally, I think passengers should be allowed to carry any weapon that will fit in the carry-on space. The opposite strategy didn't work on 9-11.
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