American Airlines Passengers Save Woman from Alleged Violent Male Companion on Flight

Mar. 15, 2025

The incident occurred during a flight from Miami to Charlotte, North Carolina, on Wednesday, Oct. 2.

“This evening, there was a violent incident on my@AmericanAirFlight AA 310 from Miami to Charlotte,” Singh wrote. “Several men jumped to subdue another man in first class, who entered an altercation with the lady next to him. The flight landed 26 minutes early, but we aren’t getting off soon.”

In the clip, one of the men helping the woman shouts at the male passenger, “Do not f—ing touch her again,” as a second man says, “Do not f—ing touch her! I don’t give a f—!”

American Airlines plane.Getty Images/Robert Alexander

Getty Images/Robert Alexander

“Get your f—ing hands off of her right now! You touch her again, you’re gonna get f—ing arrested, a——!” The first man shouts again.

“You f—ed up, you don’t f—ing touch her!” another man says. The men then let go of the male passenger and one of them asks the woman sitting next to him, “Are you all right?”“Yeah,” she replies. “But he thinks because he’s a brain-affected man that [inaudible].” The passengers then urge the woman to move seats, and she sits in a seat on the next aisle.

American Airlines plane.Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty

Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty

“I’ve been assaulted now,” the male passenger says. The woman shouts back, “No, you weren’t assaulted! I put my hand over your mouth to make you shut up.”

The man yells back, “You slapped me!”

American Airlines responded inthe comment sectionof the video, “Our first priority is the safety of the crew and our customers, and we take these matters very seriously.”

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American Airlines said in a statement, per theNew York Post, that the two passengers “were engaged in an altercation” and “escorted” off the plane after landing in Charlotte-Mecklenburg.

It is not known whether the man was arrested.

PEOPLE has reached out to American Airlines and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police for further comment.

source: people.com