A PHOTO of an intoxicated gentleman duct-taped to his seat after this guy attacked a lovely lady and shouted their jet was about to disintegrate has gone world-wide, after a fellow voyager promoted it online.
The picture was placed on Tumblr by traveler Andy Ellwood, who wrote about the experience on his own account.
They were on a New destined intercontinental flight from Iceland to JFK.
Ellwood recalled:” (Passenger) drank all his duty free spirits on the voyage from Iceland to JFK yesterday.”.
“When this person got rowdy, (i.e. trying to strangle the woman next to him and screaming the plane was going to break up), fellow passengers overcame him and rope him up for the rest of the voyage. He was escorted off the aeroplane by authorities when it landed.”.
The man, who remains unidentified, was arrested when the craft landed.
The man’s outburst got going when the aeroplane had two hours left in the air, Icelandic news outlet Mbl. reports.
It is conjectured he also spat on travelers.
Unverified Picture.
IcelandAir’s Vice President of Corporate Communication, Guðjón Arngrímsson, affirmed to reporters the man was acting precariously but would not discuss the image.
A Port Authority mediator has verified that the passenger was transported to a hospital in Queens, but authorities decided not to charge him.