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An air carrier A300 cabin attendant reports that a passenger stole liquor and was abusive to other passenger. The flight crew diverted and had the police remove the now combative passenger from the aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 398238 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199803 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : yhz |
| State Reference | NS |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground other : taxi landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 398238 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
The passenger became intoxicated (stole liquor from the beverage carts when they were unattended), then started verbally attacking fellow passenger and crew. He was warned twice by the captain over the PA. He continued and we landed in halifax, canada. He then fought with the canadian police trying to remove him from the aircraft (they filed assault charges).
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR A300 CABIN ATTENDANT RPTS THAT A PAX STOLE LIQUOR AND WAS ABUSIVE TO OTHER PAX. THE FLC DIVERTED AND HAD THE POLICE REMOVE THE NOW COMBATIVE PAX FROM THE ACFT.
Narrative: THE PAX BECAME INTOXICATED (STOLE LIQUOR FROM THE BEVERAGE CARTS WHEN THEY WERE UNATTENDED), THEN STARTED VERBALLY ATTACKING FELLOW PAX AND CREW. HE WAS WARNED TWICE BY THE CAPT OVER THE PA. HE CONTINUED AND WE LANDED IN HALIFAX, CANADA. HE THEN FOUGHT WITH THE CANADIAN POLICE TRYING TO REMOVE HIM FROM THE ACFT (THEY FILED ASSAULT CHARGES).
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.