4 hours into flight on board MD11 passenger awoke and became physically abusive to passenger seated ...

Attributes
ACN	404287
Time
Date	199805
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : anc
State Reference	AK
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zan
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-11
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	cruise other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	404287
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	402948
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	faa : investigated other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

One man hit the man sitting next to him. After they were moved away from each other, the passenger who did the hitting then hit someone seated near him. At this time he was restrained. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated incident occurred as follows: 3-4 hours into flight after 2 coach class passenger seated next to each other had lunch and 2 drinks and both fell asleep. 1 passenger awoke to find the other passenger sleeping on his shoulder and proceeded to punch him bloodying his nose. Cabin attendants separated passenger and brought injured passenger to business class. 10 mins later, abusive passenger started punching another coach class passenger, at which point 2 cabin attendants separated them and called flight crew, who restrained combative passenger and diverted to alternate to deplane restrained passenger. Auths met aircraft and flight continued to destination without further incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: 4 HRS INTO FLT ON BOARD MD11 PAX AWOKE AND BECAME PHYSICALLY ABUSIVE TO PAX SEATED NEXT TO HIM. SHORTLY AFTER SAME PAX PUNCHED ANOTHER PAX, FLC RESTRAINED HIM AND DIVERTED TO ALTERNATE TO DEPLANE AND RELEASE DISRUPTIVE PAX TO AUTHS.

Narrative: ONE MAN HIT THE MAN SITTING NEXT TO HIM. AFTER THEY WERE MOVED AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, THE PAX WHO DID THE HITTING THEN HIT SOMEONE SEATED NEAR HIM. AT THIS TIME HE WAS RESTRAINED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED INCIDENT OCCURRED AS FOLLOWS: 3-4 HRS INTO FLT AFTER 2 COACH CLASS PAX SEATED NEXT TO EACH OTHER HAD LUNCH AND 2 DRINKS AND BOTH FELL ASLEEP. 1 PAX AWOKE TO FIND THE OTHER PAX SLEEPING ON HIS SHOULDER AND PROCEEDED TO PUNCH HIM BLOODYING HIS NOSE. CABIN ATTENDANTS SEPARATED PAX AND BROUGHT INJURED PAX TO BUSINESS CLASS. 10 MINS LATER, ABUSIVE PAX STARTED PUNCHING ANOTHER COACH CLASS PAX, AT WHICH POINT 2 CABIN ATTENDANTS SEPARATED THEM AND CALLED FLC, WHO RESTRAINED COMBATIVE PAX AND DIVERTED TO ALTERNATE TO DEPLANE RESTRAINED PAX. AUTHS MET ACFT AND FLT CONTINUED TO DEST WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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.

4 hours into flight on board MD11 passenger awoke and became physically abusive to passenger seated next to him. Shortly after same passenger punched another passenger, flight crew restrained him and diverted to alternate to deplane and release disruptive passenger to auths.