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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

US passenger duct-taped to plane seat says: ‘I don’t remember any of it’

a man is secured to a plane seat with duct tape
Layne Arthur Lundeen was secured to his seat with duct tape. Photograph: Courtesy Richard O'Lenick

An American Airlines passenger who was duct-taped to his seat following an alleged outburst including racial and homophobic slurs said that he does not recall the incident.

On 3 September, 67-year old Layne Lundeen was restrained in his first-class seat with duct tape and zip ties over alleged unruly behavior. The American Airline Flight 618 was originally traveling from Dallas, Texas, to Newark, New Jersey, and was diverted to the Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall airport in an emergency landing.

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