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An international passenger assaulted a flight attendant in flight after the flight attendant unknowingly stepped on the passenger's foot which was behind a curtain in business class where the passenger did not belong because he had a coach seat.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 900508 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201007 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767-300 and 300 ER |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct |
Narrative:
The long and short of it is that a passenger assaulted me from behind in the first class galley in front of flight attendant #5 and the #1 flight attendant. He came up the left side of the plane as flight attendant #5 had described it to find me and assault me by throwing his elbow into my back side pushing me a few feet forward. It happened so fast I reacted to flight attendant #5; what just happened. They both commented that I was just assaulted. I went to the passenger; who said I stepped on his foot; which I guess must have been protruding under the curtain into business class. I said; 'you cannot just assault a flight crew.' flight attendant #1 came over and got the same response from him. The captain was informed and he radioed ahead for the flight to be met. He told flight attendant #1 not to use the passenger misconduct form because he already assaulted me. Anyway the flight was met and he was taken off the plane by various police officers including customs. We were all questioned and then told that they could do nothing because it happened in international airspace. The fbi was called. An hour later no fbi; they then called one of the officers and told him that he will call me in the next 24 hours to see if I want to pursue assault charges.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An international Passenger assaulted a Flight Attendant in flight after the Flight Attendant unknowingly stepped on the Passenger's foot which was behind a curtain in business class where the passenger did not belong because he had a coach seat.
Narrative: The long and short of it is that a passenger assaulted me from behind in the first class galley in front of Flight Attendant #5 and the #1 Flight Attendant. He came up the left side of the plane as Flight Attendant #5 had described it to find me and assault me by throwing his elbow into my back side pushing me a few feet forward. It happened so fast I reacted to Flight Attendant #5; what just happened. They both commented that I was just assaulted. I went to the passenger; who said I stepped on his foot; which I guess must have been protruding under the curtain into business class. I said; 'you cannot just assault a flight crew.' Flight Attendant #1 came over and got the same response from him. The Captain was informed and he radioed ahead for the flight to be met. He told Flight Attendant #1 not to use the passenger misconduct form because he already assaulted me. Anyway the flight was met and he was taken off the plane by various police officers including customs. We were all questioned and then told that they could do nothing because it happened in International airspace. The FBI was called. An hour later no FBI; they then called one of the officers and told him that he will call me in the next 24 hours to see if I want to pursue assault charges.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.