Narrative:

After pushback in lga, we had a 30+ min delay sequence for taxi. 2 male coach passenger became annoyed with the delay and became loud and obnoxious. A male flight attendant tried to politely quiet them -- to no avail. One of the passenger ordered the flight attendant to go to the back of the aircraft, using profanity. The flight attendant informed me of situation and said that he believed the 2 passenger were intoxicated. I called for security to meet aircraft and returned to the gate. The passenger were removed and were in custody of the port police. I debriefed the police and local airline officials. One of the offenders yelled to the remaining passenger that the right engine was defective and the aircraft was unsafe to fly. We had the aircraft refueled and departed for fll, minus the 2 intoxicated passenger. Before we left, the police discovered the two had their own bottle of scotch. On initial boarding, I boarded aircraft right behind these 2 passenger and did not notice a problem. Supplemental information from acn 472554: other passenger came to the back because they were fearful of this person.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT, CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS, S80, LGA-FLL. 30 MIN DELAY ON TAXI, 2 INTOXICATED PAX WERE LOUD, VERBALLY ABUSIVE TO PAX, CABIN ATTENDANT. OTHER PAX SCARED. RETURN GATE. POLICE REMOVED PAX.

Narrative: AFTER PUSHBACK IN LGA, WE HAD A 30+ MIN DELAY SEQUENCE FOR TAXI. 2 MALE COACH PAX BECAME ANNOYED WITH THE DELAY AND BECAME LOUD AND OBNOXIOUS. A MALE FLT ATTENDANT TRIED TO POLITELY QUIET THEM -- TO NO AVAIL. ONE OF THE PAX ORDERED THE FLT ATTENDANT TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE ACFT, USING PROFANITY. THE FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED ME OF SIT AND SAID THAT HE BELIEVED THE 2 PAX WERE INTOXICATED. I CALLED FOR SECURITY TO MEET ACFT AND RETURNED TO THE GATE. THE PAX WERE REMOVED AND WERE IN CUSTODY OF THE PORT POLICE. I DEBRIEFED THE POLICE AND LCL AIRLINE OFFICIALS. ONE OF THE OFFENDERS YELLED TO THE REMAINING PAX THAT THE R ENG WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE ACFT WAS UNSAFE TO FLY. WE HAD THE ACFT REFUELED AND DEPARTED FOR FLL, MINUS THE 2 INTOXICATED PAX. BEFORE WE LEFT, THE POLICE DISCOVERED THE TWO HAD THEIR OWN BOTTLE OF SCOTCH. ON INITIAL BOARDING, I BOARDED ACFT RIGHT BEHIND THESE 2 PAX AND DID NOT NOTICE A PROB. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 472554: OTHER PAX CAME TO THE BACK BECAUSE THEY WERE FEARFUL OF THIS PERSON.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.