Pulled Hair and Shouted "I Don't Want to Sit Next to a Fat Woman"... Drunken Outburst and Assault on Plane

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A woman was forcibly removed from a flight traveling from New York to Kansas City, Missouri, after she insulted the appearance of the passenger seated next to her and physically assaulted her.

A 32-year-old woman assaulted and verbally abused another passenger on a flight to Kansas City, Missouri, USA. TikTok capture

According to the UK’s Daily Mail, on June 16 (local time), a 32-year-old woman, referred to as A, boarded a Southwest Airlines flight at New York’s LaGuardia Airport while intoxicated and began berating the woman seated next to her, calling her fat and causing a disturbance. A also physically assaulted the victim by pulling her hair, spitting in her face, and kicking her.

It was reported that A began by criticizing the other female passenger’s body and clothing. As the argument escalated, A grabbed the victim’s hair and shouted, “Don’t touch me.” Although flight attendants and other passengers tried to intervene, A did not stop her attack.

A passenger who recorded the incident stated that A’s outburst was so aggressive that a Southwest employee’s glasses were knocked off. The passenger also recounted, “When A first spoke to me, I asked her why she wasn’t being kind. She repeatedly told me I was ugly and said I would never have a boyfriend. I replied that I have been married for 20 years.”

A’s rampage continued. She shouted “911” and yelled, “I didn’t want to sit next to a fat woman. I’m sorry.”

After intervention from the flight attendants, A finally let go of the victim’s hair, but when a flight attendant restrained her wrists, she began cursing again.

Eventually, the victim and her companion left their seats. Although A appeared to cooperate briefly, she soon resumed cursing and kicking. She was then carried off the plane on a stretcher and was not allowed to reboard the flight.

A was transported to a hospital and later detained by the New York Department of Corrections on charges of aggravated assault.