A man is punching a crew member.
An economy class passenger was arrested after punching a flight attendant in the back of the head because he wasn't allowed to use the first class toilet.
The incident took place when the flight was on its way to Los Angeles.
Alexander Tung Cuu Le got into a heated argument with a crew member and other passengers recorded it.
Le punched the back of the flight attendant's head when he turned his back to Le.
If he is found guilty of interfering with a flight crew, Le could face 20 years in prison.
American Airlines does not tolerate acts of violence against its team members.
The individual involved in this incident will not be allowed to travel with us in the future.
The Association of Professional Flight Attendants said in a statement that violent behavior puts the safety of all passengers and crew in jeopardy.
Flight attendants had to enforce the federal mask mandate, which led to a spike in unruly passenger cases.
Even with a 38% increase in US air travellers, airlines have reported over 2000 incidents of unruly passengers this year, down from over 6000 last year.
Video shows unruly passenger punch attendant during LAX-bound flight pic.twitter.com/Kz9L86YbPj
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