An apparently unhinged woman was duct-taped to her seat and later removed from an American Airlines flight when she tried to open an airplane door midflight. The airline crew was forced to do so as the woman started to behave unusually, she wanted to go out of the plane and tried to attack the flight attendants and other passengers. She also bit one of the attendants. The woman is believed to have Schizophrenia, a mental disorder.
The frightening incident happened on Tuesday's American Airlines Flight 1774 traveling from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, to Charlotte, North Carolina. The flight was delayed at least three hours and took off around midnight. In the middle of the two-hour flight, a woman allegedly "had an outburst" and attempted to get off the plane.
The cabin crew began locking bathrooms, and started grabbing bags from overhead bins, but wouldn't say what exactly was happening, according to passenger Arieana Mathena whom you can hear on the video below.
The pilot allegedly addressed the situation over the intercom, and asked the passengers to stay in their seats, noting that there was "a bad situation on the plane right now."
American Airlines confirmed the incident, and stated that the woman assaulted and bit a flight attendant. The crazed passenger "attempted to open the forward boarding door" and was restrained "for the safety and security of other customers and our crew."