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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Justin Rohrlich

‘Aggressive’ Aer Lingus passenger required 7 people to restrain him aboard nightmare flight to Seattle, feds say

An allegedly intoxicated traveler flying from Dublin to Seattle needed more than half a dozen people to immobilize him after he tried to force pills into a stranger’s mouth, “violently” shook another passenger’s seat, and “aggressively” wrapped his arms around a flight attendant before threatening to “f*** [her] up,” according to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday.

While the plane was over Greenland or Canada, James Bradley Noble required “approximately seven flight attendants… to restrain [him] with handcuffs and straps on the seat,” the complaint states. “During the restraint process, Noble resisted and was described as flailing.”

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