Unruly Passenger Kisses, Punches Flight Attendant, Gets Arrested, An unruly passenger on an American Airlines flight to Chicago was identified on Tuesday after her disruptive behavior forced the plane to make an emergency landing in Indianapolis a day earlier.
Daniela Velez-Reyes, 25, of Chicago, who was identified by the Indianapolis Airport Authority upon landing, has been arrested on suspicion of battery, disorderly conduct, criminal recklessness, and resisting law enforcement after she kissed a female flight attendant attempting to calm her down, punched the attendant in the face, and then kicked a police officer during her arrest, the Indianapolis Star reported. One of the two victims involved in the incident reportedly suffered a minor injury.
“[Velez-Reyes] was disoriented through the entire flight, not being able to find her seat, walking back and forth,” said Marian Frendt, a fellow passenger on AA1284, according to ABC7 Chicago. “And when she came to the back, she was sweating profusely . . . Then she started kicking the seat of the passenger in front of her, and he apparently turned around to complain . . . and she hit him.”
After the flight attendant intervened, took the unruly passenger to the back of the plane, and attempted to calm her down, witnesses reported that Velez-Reyes grabbed the attendant’s face, kissed her, and then punched her.
During the ensuing scuffle, the pilot asked over the intercom that fellow passengers aid in restraining Velez-Reyes.
“He just said large men,” said fellow passenger Jim Saviano, according to ABC7 Chicago. “He said, ‘I need large passengers to restrain another passenger.’ So when I hear 'large passenger,' I'm thinking something big is going down.”
As Velez-Reyes was escorted off the plane in flex-cuffs shown in passenger-recorded videos, she kicked one of her escorting officers.
Because the plane’s pilot responded to the disruption by landing the plane in Indianapolis to remove Velez-Reyes, the flight reached its intended destination in Chicago roughly 90 minutes late.
Velez-Reyes is currently in custody at the Marion County Jail, and the circumstances surrounding her bizarre behavior are still under investigation, according to the Indianapolis Star.
Daniela Velez-Reyes, 25, of Chicago, who was identified by the Indianapolis Airport Authority upon landing, has been arrested on suspicion of battery, disorderly conduct, criminal recklessness, and resisting law enforcement after she kissed a female flight attendant attempting to calm her down, punched the attendant in the face, and then kicked a police officer during her arrest, the Indianapolis Star reported. One of the two victims involved in the incident reportedly suffered a minor injury.
“[Velez-Reyes] was disoriented through the entire flight, not being able to find her seat, walking back and forth,” said Marian Frendt, a fellow passenger on AA1284, according to ABC7 Chicago. “And when she came to the back, she was sweating profusely . . . Then she started kicking the seat of the passenger in front of her, and he apparently turned around to complain . . . and she hit him.”
After the flight attendant intervened, took the unruly passenger to the back of the plane, and attempted to calm her down, witnesses reported that Velez-Reyes grabbed the attendant’s face, kissed her, and then punched her.
During the ensuing scuffle, the pilot asked over the intercom that fellow passengers aid in restraining Velez-Reyes.
“He just said large men,” said fellow passenger Jim Saviano, according to ABC7 Chicago. “He said, ‘I need large passengers to restrain another passenger.’ So when I hear 'large passenger,' I'm thinking something big is going down.”
As Velez-Reyes was escorted off the plane in flex-cuffs shown in passenger-recorded videos, she kicked one of her escorting officers.
Because the plane’s pilot responded to the disruption by landing the plane in Indianapolis to remove Velez-Reyes, the flight reached its intended destination in Chicago roughly 90 minutes late.
Velez-Reyes is currently in custody at the Marion County Jail, and the circumstances surrounding her bizarre behavior are still under investigation, according to the Indianapolis Star.
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