An air carrier captain reported a disruptive passenger problem enroute. The police met the aircraft ...

Attributes
ACN	914921
Time
Date	201010
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct

Narrative:

[A] passenger was intoxicated and poking a flight attendant. She would not stop and swore at him and other flight attendants. I asked if he wanted to divert and he said no; have security meet the aircraft [upon arrival]. Level 1 security 'disruptive passenger' [declared]; airport police took passenger to detox. We also had a phone patch with [operations] during the situation. Crew did an outstanding job.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier Captain reported a disruptive passenger problem enroute. The police met the aircraft to take custody of the apparently intoxicated individual.

Narrative: [A] passenger was intoxicated and poking a Flight Attendant. She would not stop and swore at him and other flight attendants. I asked if he wanted to divert and he said no; have security meet the aircraft [upon arrival]. Level 1 security 'disruptive passenger' [declared]; airport police took passenger to detox. We also had a phone patch with [Operations] during the situation. Crew did an outstanding job.

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.

An air carrier captain reported a disruptive passenger problem enroute. The police met the aircraft to take custody of the apparently intoxicated individual.