A first class passenger got violent on Wednesday night’s American Airlines flight 310 from Miami to Charlotte, with other passengers jumping up to subdue the man to protect the female customer next to him, that he appears to have been traveling with.
This evening, there was a violent incident on my @AmericanAir Flight AA 310 from Miami to Charlotte. Several men jumped to subdue another man in first class, who entered an altercation with the lady next to him.
The flight landed 26 minutes early, but we aren’t getting off soon. pic.twitter.com/FTlhRImc24
— Arjun Singh (@arjunswritings) October 3, 2024
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police @CMPD are on the scene. @IntlAirportCLT pic.twitter.com/JrRG3UZvTe
— Arjun Singh (@arjunswritings) October 3, 2024
The flight was given a direct path into Miami, allowing it to get onto the ground quickly and arrive 26 minutes early, with police meeting the aircraft to remove the man.
ATC took it seriously – straight in arrival 36R expedited to a gate. Welcome to Charlotte! pic.twitter.com/WulDbRHTeH
— Cedar Posts ☠️ (@CedarPosts) October 3, 2024
An American Airlines spokesperson offers,
Two customers traveling together were engaged in an altercation aboard American Airlines flight 310, with service from Miami (MIA) to Charlotte (CLT) on Oct. 2. Local law enforcement responded and escorted the customers from the CLT airport. We do not tolerate violence, and we thank our team members for their professionalism in managing a difficult situation.
Is it at all surprising that this was a flight coming from Florida? And it suggests that first class passengers don’t have more class than other classes.
OK I’ll be “that guy” – in text you state “The flight was given a direct path into Miami” but the flight was arriving at CHARLOTTE, not Miami (as the screen image immediately below your test clearly shows). Please correct this.
Also, obviously more to this than a drunk or air rage. Likely something serious came up between the couple and frankly best IMHO not to publicize it any more than necessary or make your snarky comment related to “Florida man”
Be better Gary
“Is it at all surprising that this was a flight coming from Florida? ”
What are you insinuating?
Sloppy writing and snide comments. Do better Gary……
Quit harping on Florida passengers having no class folks – remember all our trash blew into Florida from other states.
@AlohaDaveKennedy
Yeah, you’re right Davey, including your hero Chump!
The colorful “Florida Man” monicker has been around since 2013. Of course, the once lighthearted and comedic term has since taken very dark meaning, in light of the perverted class politics, violent actions, and abundant bigotry associated with the state as it is stands now. That is entirely the fault of the bad actors, not an airline kerfuffle reporter.
Frontier Airlines comes to the first class cabin of an AA flight.
I don’t understand all the snarky Florida comments. It’s not like Floridians act this way on purpose. It’s just how they are.
Florida man ? That guy was probably from nyc . All the Florida garbage is from up north.
Charlotte-man can be just as dangerous as Florida-man. We just hear more about Florida man because they have open records.
If you’re going to bother posting National Enquirer-type stories like this, at least give us the juicy details!
I think air travel now needs it’s own reality show, like Cops. It would probably be a huge hit!
And honestly, to folks who say that this is likely some kind of private personal issue between this couple? If he was acting out violently in a public place, which an airplane is to an extreme, then it is no longer a private personal issue. It is everyone’s problem.
AA thanked their “team members” but not the passengers who probably did the job of deescalating the situation. Tsk tsk.
I too bristled at the Florida man condescension.
To the contrary the British dumped generations of criminal underclass in Florida. Classlessness is you blood Florida
First class passengers do not have more class than other passengers because they are flying on ultra basic American Airlines.
Why isn’t anyone saying this is CAUSED by AA because it’s so hub to hub. Maybe this couple was massively irritated by multi-city anti-competitive behavior. Maybe they are outraged part of their parking revenue would go to AA at CLT. Or maybe they were just disappointed by a how many “Group 1” passengers there are in MIA. People fight for a lot of reasons but we should always blAAme AA when possible.
I watched a moment of the video and this seems like vigilantism. I heard the “F” word – not needed. If I was in this I would have calmly gotten a FA, returned to my seat, put by lap belt on and would have put on an eye mask. I don’t want to be involved.
I’m quite surprised that there isn’t more of this type of inappropriate behavior on the East and West coast. Almost eight years of so many folks having TDS, they’re bound to be all stressed out on the airplane.
Amazing…We fly so much, nationally, internationally, and have NEVER experienced such an incident!
Mostly on United, but I am sure that’s a coincidence. Last flight we almost landed, took off in a hurry to avoid a collision. Kudos! Traveled to 62 countries, multiples…I’d say travel on our flights hahaha!
That’s right. I’ve never experienced these kinds of drama in 30+ years of flying. They’re rare, rarer than in past, but now get outsized publicity via social media which skews perception.