Posted on 10/28/2025 6:23:30 AM PDT by dynachrome
Indian national has been charged with allegedly stabbing two minor victims with a metal fork while on board a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Germany.
Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, 28, is charged in U.S. District Court with one count of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm while traveling on an aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States. According to the charging documents, on Oct. 25, 2025, while on board Lufthansa flight 431 en route from Chicago to Frankfurt, Germany, Usiripalli allegedly stabbed a 17-year-old male passenger (Minor A) in the shoulder area with a metal fork. Usiripalli then allegedly stabbed a second 17-year-old male passenger (Minor B) in the back of the head with the same metal fork
Specifically, following meal service, Minor A was sleeping lightly in a middle seat when he allegedly awoke to see Usiripalli standing over him. It is alleged that Usiripalli used his right hand to strike Minor A in the left clavicle area with a metal fork. Usiripalli then allegedly lunged toward Minor B – who was seated to Minor A’s right in a middle seat in the center row of the aircraft – and struck Minor B in the back of his head with the fork. Minor B suffered a laceration to the rear of his head.
When flight crew members attempted to subdue Usiripalli, he allegedly raised his hand, formed a gun with his fingers, put it in his mouth and pulled an imaginary trigger. Immediately afterwards, Usiripalli allegedly turned toward a female passenger to his left and slapped her with his hand. Usiripalli also allegedly attempted to slap a flight crew member.
As a result of the disturbance, the flight was diverted to Boston Logan International Airport, where Usiripalli was immediately taken into custody.
(Excerpt) Read more at justice.gov ...
Usiripalli presently does not have lawful status in the United States."
Sounds like he was on some drug...................
Did the flight continue to Frankfurt?
Probably the guys that keep trying to scam me
These guys have some pretty convincing scams
Did you make a purchase in some far away town
They come on stating that they are your bank fraud security and of course they ask for your account number
However, your bank says they will never ask for your account number
I told several Indian sounding crooks to F off
Sounds like he was from india
He certainly wasn’t “ walking in the Spirit”
I never fly in a class that serves real meals, but if this keeps up, metal forks will be replaced with forks, or the main course will be a choice of gazpacho or a bowl of cocoa krispies.
He will be ‘from India’ for quite some time now.............
So... if I bring a fork onto an airplane, that’s dangerous, but if they give me a fork on that same airplane, it’s safe.
We need to ban all visas. Once every foreigner, no matter their status, is out of the US, we wait 5 years and then maybe we’ll talk visas again, or not. If any US citizen wants to whine about it, there’s the door, use it. Enough is enough.
Never answer the phone unless it is your immediate family.
FTA
Indian national, Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, 28, is charged with
<><>one count of assault with a dangerous weapon
<><>intent to do bodily harm
<><>while traveling on an aircraft in the jurisdiction of the US.
<><>Immediately afterwards, Usiripalli allegedly slapped a female passenger with his hand.
<><>Usiripalli also allegedly attempted to slap a flight crew member.
Too many Diwali parties
No men on the plane beat his arse? Maybe no tranny flight attendants would man up?
No, the flight was diverted to Boston. I guess that’s why the charging statements are from Massachusetts.
Too bad the entire plane had to put up with this POS. Best course would be to drop to 10000 feet, open a door and toss the POS out and continue along.
To bad there’s no way to show him the door at high altitude.
Must have been watching one of those Bollywood dance movies...
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