A Milan, Italy-bound American Airlines flight out of New York City’s JFK International Airport turned around Monday night, about four hours out over the Atlantic Ocean when a passenger – already angry over not being permitted to sit in the exit row with a baby – freaked the fuck out over not being served what if any inflight meal he had specially ordered in advance, CBS News reports.
“We kind of noticed a scuffle in the back. They were asking around if there were any police officers or Army members, or somebody who could help because there were no air marshals on,” passenger Krystie Tomlinson said. Other flier Mike Scigliano said the crew at first had announced “were telling everyone that there were technical issues on the plane, which is even scarier.”
“There was apparently somebody in the back, he was charging at the stewardesses. At some point, he charged past all of our seats and tried to barge into the pilot’s cabin. Apparently, the whole thing started because of a meal choice they didn’t get. I guess they asked for it ahead of time. They never got exactly what they wanted. They also wanted to sit in an exit row. They had a baby with them, so they told them they couldn’t and apparently those two things are what pushed the person over the edge,” said Tomlinson, who added that after landing back at JFK at 3:30 AM, she “asked to use the American Airlines lounge to breastfeed and change. They said you can go in if you pay $79.”
The rebooked flight to Milan took off at 11 AM on Tuesday, 16 hours later. There’s no information available yet on the man’s identity or what if anything the fucking asshole’s been charged with.