A disruptive passenger was restrained with flexible handcuffs and duct-taped to a seat as his flight was diverted to make an emergency landing in Baltimore Thursday night, photos and video from other passengers showed.
Richard Olenick and Juan Mejia were more than halfway through the flight when a man two rows behind them in the first-class section started to become belligerent, Olenick said.
A flight attendant tried to control the situation but the man got increasingly agitated, started to hit the passenger next to him and then hit a woman who tried to intervene, Olenick said.
Well, probably not to the point of being taped to the seat and forcing an emergency landing, though. His earlier incidents were probably less severe…
Which brings up the question: just how offensive does one of these repeat offenders have to be before you ban them from flying forever? Where do you draw the line?