Drunk Restrained on IcelandAir Flight

[Kamie]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A passenger aboard an Icelandair flight had to be tied down by fellow passengers after going on a rampage Thursday.


According to Icelandic media outlet MBL.is, the passenger began acting out two hours before the flight was set to land. He reportedly had been drinking heavily, and allegedly began ranting, spitting and threatening the crew before he was restrained.


Andy Ellwood, a contributor with Forbes, was aboard the flight and snapped a photo which quickly went viral.


On his Tumblr account, Ellwood wrote the passenger “drank all of his duty free liquor on the flight,” “tried to choke the woman next to him” and was “screaming the plane was going to crash.”


The photo shows a man bound to his chair with plastic ties and tape.


The passenger was escorted off the flight when it landed at JFK.


On Friday afternoon, Port Authority police at Newark Liberty Airport removed a woman from a United flight arriving from Stockholm after reports she was intoxicated and disorderly.


Port Authority spokesman Ron Marsico said she was taken to a hospital while police investigated.

[Tinman]

There is no reason post 9/11 that alcohol(a flammable liquid) should be allowed on a plane....none!

[JumboWop]

There is no reason post 9/11 that alcohol(a flammable liquid) should be allowed on a plane....none!

You don't fly very often do you?

[Vashier]

all they need to do is turn the inside of the plane into a huge vaporizer. Have a ton of snacks for sale and there will never be another problem on a flight again

[Tinman]

You don't fly very often do you?

Sure do, they confiscate anything over 3 ounces, but they'll happily sell you 120 proof alcohol.

Hypocritical bullshit!

[La Flama Blanca]

They should have drawn a dick on his face

[GaryPuppet]

They should have had Sal give the guy a chocolate bandit mask while he was tied up to teach him a lesson.

[Fourinchespyle]

There is no reason post 9/11 that alcohol(a flammable liquid) should be allowed on a plane....none!

Flammable?! What the hell do you think they're serving. Most liquor is 80 proof (40% alcohol). Put a match to that and all you're gonna get is a wet match.

[Kamie]

my husband is terrified to fly. If this happened on one of our flights, he'd shit.

[AmishGirl]

God that photo just makes me so sad ....

[Kamie]

Flammable?! What the hell do you think they're serving. Most liquor is 80 proof (40% alcohol). Put a match to that and all you're gonna get is a wet match.

Not only that, farts are flammable. How do you ban farts?

[Vashier]

Not only that, farts are flammable. How do you ban farts?

I think I'd pay good money to watch someone hijack a plane with their ass...

[Kamie]

I think I'd pay good money to watch someone hijack a plane with their ass...

We may have just given someone an idea....and his name rhymes with Zill Za Zarter.

[Tinman]

Flammable?! What the hell do you think they're serving. Most liquor is 80 proof (40% alcohol). Put a match to that and all you're gonna get is a wet match.

My point is making a few bucks is more important to the industry then passenger safety, try using a lighter next time Sport....Southern Comfort burns nice.

[Kamie]

My point is making a few bucks is more important to the industry then passenger safety, try using a lighter next time Sport....Southern Comfort burns nice.

Yea, like Bananas Foster. They light that, right?

[Turtle Man]

my husband is terrified to fly. If this happened on one of our flights, he'd shit.

sounds like a huge pussy..with all due respect

[AcquiringSignal]

[DlistCelebutard]

And where was Blarig flying to?

[isabella]

i'd like to know why he wasn't charged with a crime (i thought there's zero tolerance for nonsense on flights) and they haven't released his name. he does look hilarious all duct-taped to the seat.

[Dudley Dawson]

Sure do, they confiscate anything over 3 ounces, but they'll happily sell you 120 proof alcohol.

Hypocritical bullshit!

you can't be serious