American Airlines flight from JFK to CA diverted after passenger assaults flight attendant

Eyewitness News 7 ABC NY ^ | 27 October 2021 | uncredited ABC 7

[blueplum]

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- A flight from New York to California was diverted after a passenger physically assaulted a flight attendant on Wednesday.

According to American Airlines, Flight 976 from JFK International Airport to John Wayne Airport in southern California, made an emergency landing in Denver after a passenger physically assaulted the flight attendant....It's unclear what led up to the assault.

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from Denver Fox31 "According to American Airlines, the flight attendant was a woman and suffered injuries."

and

FlightAware shows the flight No. 976 departed at 4:29 p.m. Eastern time and arrived in Denver at 6:38 p.m. Mountain time.

[blueplum]

here’s the Fox31 link but it doesn’t give more than the above
https://kdvr.com/news/local/flight-diverted-to-denver-after-passenger-assaults-flight-attendant/

[Jonty30]

Unless I hear otherwise, I’m assuming he was Muslim, for the crime of a woman trying to tell him what to do.

[lightman]

Mask induced hypoxia?

[raygunfan]

Wouldn’t doubt it

[Fai Mao]

$900 flight and the gave him pretzels.

[monkeyshine]

I was on a short flight recently. I told the stewardess “please don’t duct tape me to the seat”. She said “oh no, I would never do that. I have much more effective methods”.

I should’ve asked for her number.

[lightman]

Mile high club, eh?

Nudge, nudge.

[reintarnation]

Well he did say it was a short flight...

[Allegra]

Stewardess? What is this…1965?

[Allegra]

You could be spot on. It wouldn’t surprise me.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Yeah, a steward is male, stewardess is female. Is that a crime?

[Allegra]

Nope. Just old-fashioned.

[gundog]

To say nothing of the she/her presumed pronouns. What a Neanderthal

[GaryCrow]

Nope. Just old-fashioned.

So is calling someone born with a pecker a male. It doesn't change the fact that they're still a male no matter what they call themselves. A stewardess is still a stewardess no matter what you want to call her.

[blueplum]

I agree. Steward/Stewardess connotates a higher level of care and expertise than ‘attendant’

[HKMk23]

100%.

No name.
No pic.
No nothing.
We’re to assume the stewardess has no clue why?

NO SALE.

I’m calling it “Flying While Muslim” until further notice.
My fallback position — FTR — is “Flying While BLM”

Place yer bets, people.

[HYPOCRACY]

Stewardess implies hotness. I just call them air hags.

[lewislynn]

Flight 976 from JFK International Airport to John Wayne Airport in southern California

OMG, don't they know how much better everyone's lives would be if they would just rename that Airport?< /sarcasm >

[Political Junkie Too]

If you go to the link and watch the video of the local news story, they show a photo of the person after he was taken off the plane.

-PJ