On a Frontier Airlines flight last month, a passenger was restrained with duct tape after he punched and groped flight attendants, walked around shirtless, and yelled obscenities, according to police. The memo comes after viral videos recently showed unruly passengers being duct-taped to their seats on Frontier and American Airlines flights. While United has used duct tape on unruly passengers in at least two situations well before the pandemic, other airlines have used duct tape to restrain disorderly passengers much more recently. 'It's a disgusting PR grab on the backs of 'essential' workers.' 'Mostly this communication is just showing total lack of support and respect for the people on the frontlines,' she tweeted. told him there’s “no delete button” and that people cannot think they’re able to go on a plane and act this way, WPLG reported.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Getty Imagesīerry also expressed remorse, saying he was embarrassed by his actions. Storyful The incident took place on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami. “We presented significant mitigation to the court, but respect the court’s judgment in this case.” Berry expressed remorse at his sentencing. Berry is looking forward to putting this incident behind him,” Kreiss later told WPLG. His attorney, Jason Kreiss, also read from letters that were sent to the court on his client’s behalf.

Storyfulīerry’s parents told the court that he has always been a star student, athlete and leader - but acknowledged that it’s no excuse for his actions. I think it’s a disgusting miscarriage of justice, in my opinion.” He was reportedly yelling “help” while being taped. “The people on that aircraft saw justice happen - more than what we saw today. “He made an enemy of everyone on that flight,” Galarza said. Galarza and Burgess gave impact statements about their ordeal and told WPLG they feel the 60-day sentence is not enough time. “My number one role on any aircraft is to protect the passengers, including Maxwell Berry, who we did get to Miami safely that day,” Galarza reportedly said, adding that the tape used to restrain the passenger may have seemed “a bit barbaric, but it worked perfectly and no one got hurt because of how we did what we did.” Two of his victims attended Tuesday’s sentencing - Jordan Galarza, whom Berry struck, and Tymerah Burgess, who was groped, WPLG reported.

Storyfulīerry later punched a male flight attendant who was asked to watch him following the in-flight chaos, police said. Storyful Berry was then duct taped to his seat. Police said he then punched a flight attendant tasked with watching him. “He came from behind and put his arm around both of them and groped their breasts again,” the arrest report said. He then walked around the cabin and groped the chest of two flight attendants. StoryfulĪn arrest report said he ordered two drinks and then asked for another before brushing his empty cup against the backside of a female flight attendant, who told him, “Don’t touch me.”īerry proceeded to spill his new drink on his shirt, prompting him to go to the bathroom and come out “shirtless,” according to the report. Miami-Dade County Department of He allegedly spilt a drink on his shirt before emerging from the bathroom shirtless. 6ABC Berry’s booking photo after the incident. Maxwell Berry’s antics quickly went viral. The video showed the Norfolk, Ohio, man scuffling with a male flight attendant and yelling profanities while sitting in a window seat. 1.Ĭellphone footage showed the frisky flier being duct-taped to the back of a seat before he was arrested by waiting cops on three counts of battery. The 23-year-old, who had faced a year-and-a-half behind bars and a $15,000 fine, also was sentenced to one year of supervised release. Maxwell Berry pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of assault within maritime and territorial jurisdiction for his antics aboard the flight from Philadelphia to Miami in August, ABC News reported. Woman has epic meltdown over ‘not real’ passenger on American Airlines flightĪ Frontier Airlines passenger who went viral after he was duct-taped to his seat for allegedly groping two flight attendants and assaulting another has been sentenced to 60 days in the slammer. Flight to Caribbean turns into bloody nightmare as broken wine bottle used to attack flier: videoĪlaska Airlines flight diverted after passenger makes bomb threatĬarrot Top: I was on the plane with ‘imaginary person’ meltdown woman, here’s what happened

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