Air carrier captain reported being advised of an unruly passenger while taxiing to the gate. The pas...

Attributes
ACN	1348271
Time
Date	201604
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Security Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct

Narrative:

Upon taxi into gate we had to stop short of gate to wait marshallers. Passengers were asked to remain seated until seat belt sign was turned off. Passenger left her seat and approached flight deck door. Flight attendant intervened and the passenger struck the flight attendant. Air marshalls intervened at this time and handcuffed passenger. Purser informed me of the situation by inter phone and advised there was a level 2 incident in the cabin. We called the station on company radio and asked for police assistance. Police arrived and deplaned passenger. Flight attendant who was struck by passenger was ok and we operated the return flight without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported being advised of an unruly passenger while taxiing to the gate. The passenger; who had struck a Flight Attendant; was handcuffed by air marshals and delivered to local airport police authorities at the gate.

Narrative: Upon taxi into gate we had to stop short of gate to wait marshallers. Passengers were asked to remain seated until seat belt sign was turned off. Passenger left her seat and approached flight deck door. Flight attendant intervened and the passenger struck the flight attendant. Air Marshalls intervened at this time and handcuffed passenger. Purser informed me of the situation by inter phone and advised there was a level 2 incident in the cabin. We called the station on company radio and asked for police assistance. Police arrived and deplaned passenger. Flight Attendant who was struck by passenger was ok and we operated the return flight without incident.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Air carrier captain reported being advised of an unruly passenger while taxiing to the gate. The passenger; who had struck a flight attendant; was handcuffed by air marshals and delivered to local airport police authorities at the gate.