Video Of Lady Being Removed From US Airways Flight

Looks like he was an undercover because did all the correct moves, ; arm twist to the back with left arm and and force head forward with right arm etc... .

There's so little information it's impossible to know what was going on. It seems possible the woman is demented, or high on drugs. It's sad to see anyone in that condition.

It was Lucky's fault. LOL
"What?! Lucky is in Lisbon too?! The city is not big enough, I want all the spotlights on me! I want to change the route. Captain submit a new flight plan immediately, reroute to GIG!" She demanded.

Another first world issue: There are 'nuts' everywhere!

Cheers,
DP @Lisbon, Portugal

p.s.- Welcome to Lisbon, Ben!

looks like one of the FAs to me. the undercover was the guy in the dark shirt with the shield hanging from his neck, directly behind the lady.

I can guarantee you she never said anything in Portuguese

That little girl is adorable.

Hmmm I'm surprised you called her a lady. 😉 Her behavior was certainly unladylike.

Pavel, I doubt he was a flight attendant. They are not trained for that, and may not have any legal authority to use that kind of force. Perhaps the story will come out in time.

I believe the whole thing started off when someone called her 'Brazilian' and she pointed out, rudely, that the plan was not going to Brazil, but to Portugal, where the same language is spoken.

Ben, cursing?? No... Being such a great guy, Ben would not curse at all. 🙂

I don't understand the problem. I get that way when my filet is undercooked.

I thought only United has over-entitled elites who curse when their upgrades don't clear.

Don't get offended and I'm not trying to be sexist, but seems like lately it's been more females going bonkers in these videos, no? And why is it always a US Airways flight;-)

@stephan you got that 100% right, hahahahahhahaha that is why the word is "hysterical" look up the 'roots' of that word 🙂

In the text providing context, it suggests the women became irate because some people may have been ignorant in saying they were going to Brazil rather than Portugal or that possibly that they are the same place/people (strongly inferred, not to be taken as statement of fact). Either way direct or indirect statement(s) said in ignorant fashion. Though she chose the absolute wrong time/place to become upset over the matter, she was hauled off and arrested yelling about 'bigots and racists' (harkening back to when/why she was upset and yelling) and most comments on the video seem to gloss over the likely origins of the incident.

To brand or imply someone as crazy over a 58 second clip providing mountains of context (or none at all) is dismissive and a waste of time as it adds nothing of value to what happened.

Screaming and yelling not just on a plane or any place for that matter is seldom if ever really helpful. That was her mistake. Possibly having to deal with travelers on their way to behaving badly in another land as they board a plane to said land isn't really helpful either and just should not happen.

Military Doctor and Boarding Area blogger Andy wrote a good piece about his own experience with ignorance and his feelings about his recent dealings with 'cultural insensitivity/ignorance' or as the individual in the video less eloquently stated 'bigots and racists'.

http://themilitaryfrequentflyer.boardingarea.com/2014/08/04/1376/#comment-72284

Looks like she may have been from Philly.....anxiety issues, they say.... and she was taken to a hospital for 'evaluation'.

@Tom Actually, that's the exact technique taught to cabin crew, at least at Emirates -- and it has definitely been used, usually with intoxicated passengers. No idea whether the person in the video was crew or police, though.

Can the person that took the video also to be removed if he took unathorized video of other people? Specially the two behind him covering their ears?

Probably one of the US Airways award booking employees told her that Lisbon was located in Brazil.

Im confused. That is a narrow body cabin. Is US Air flying 757s from PHL to Lisbon?

@ zach -- Yep, they are.

The guy in the white shirt is a FAM (Federal Air Marshall). This all started because the lady was sitting there with a black jacket over her head and it appeared she was drinking and taking medication. The flight attendant asked her to remove the jacket from off her head when the fire works started. She was screaming at the F/A and the FAM intervened. Shortly after the police showed up and that's when the video starts.

@zach I flew this route round trip in June. The 757's actually weren't horrible in the seat pitch dept. IFE (if you can call it that) is on big old crt monitors hanging off the ceiling. Food was edible but not in anyway pleasing. Crowd was "interesting" to say the least. But it was relatively on-time and safe and I only paid $310 for the RT thanks to a mistake fare so can't complain.