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Passenger Stole $5 Exit Row Safety Clip And Grounded A United Jet—Police Found It In His Pocket And Pepper Sprayed Him

Sep 07 2025

A United Airlines flight sat stranded in Idaho Falls because a drunk passenger pocketed the wrong souvenir: a small metal clip that holds the emergency escape rope at an over-wing exit. That $5 carabiner not only grounded the jet, but also ended in pepper spray, felony charges, and probation stretching to 2031.

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Spit On, Slapped & Zip Tied: Southwest Passenger Sues, Saying Open Seating Made The Drunk Attack Inevitable

Aug 28 2025

A clearly intoxicated passenger grabbed another woman’s hair, slapped and spat at her, and shouted body-shaming insults on a Southwest Airlines flight from New York LaGuardia to Kansas City back on June 16. The woman was restrained with zip-ties, and she was ultimately removed from the aircraft back into the terminal on a gurney.

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