A United Airlines passenger attacked a man midflight, punching him repeatedly in the face until it was bloody, authorities said.

Summary: A man on a United Airlines flight attacked a sleeping passenger, punching him repeatedly until his face was bruised and bloody. The suspect, Everett Chad Nelson, claimed the victim had attacked him earlier, but a witness stated Nelson’s attack lasted about a minute and the victim did not fight back. The FAA is investigating the incident, which is one of over 1,700 unruly passenger incidents reported this year.

  • @[email protected]English
    22•21 days ago

    People used to get in serious Federal trouble when doing stoopid shit on airplanes… Not so much anymore…

    • Chozo
      80•21 days ago

      They still do, what are you talking about? This is an FBI case, so the attacker is most certainly in serious federal trouble.