"Passenger Bites Flight Attendant, Forces U.S.-Bound Plane to Return to Tokyo"
TL;DR
A U.S.-bound All Nippon Airways flight returned to Tokyo Haneda airport after a heavily intoxicated passenger bit a female flight attendant over the Pacific Ocean. The 55-year-old American suspect was arrested on assault charges, and the flight attendant sustained minor injuries. This incident adds to a series of in-flight assaults, including a woman hitting, biting, and spitting at flight crews on an American Airlines flight and another woman attempting to hug, kiss, and bite a passenger on a Delta Air Lines flight.
Topics:businessaviation-incident#assault#aviation#aviation-incident#flight-attendant#intoxication#tokyo
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