When the pilots didn’t open the door, Mr Dominguez moved the flight attendant out of his way again and turned towards the front right emergency exit door. Panicking, he hurried to the front of the plane where he pushed his way past a flight attendant and started banging on the door to the cockpit, the legal filing states. He then heard some other passengers “laughing and talking about the flight going to a different city than Salt Lake City”. The complaint states that when Mr Dominguez sat down on the plane, he “was coming down from all the drugs he had used the last couple of days and immediately started to doze off”. He finally managed to board Flight 5365, which was scheduled to leave at 6.30pm. He returned to the airport on Friday but missed his flight yet again. Missing his flight, he left the airport and roamed the streets that night. Smoking more meth on Thursday evening, he then left the hotel to catch a flight from LAX, according to the complaint. He moved on to another hotel the next day where he smoked meth “on and off” during the day and decided that he wanted to fly to Salt Lake City rather than taking the bus. There he drank multiple beers and used $20 to buy “a lot” of crystal meth, according to an interview he did with the FBI. He wanted to travel to Salt Lake City but had no connecting flight, so he went to a hotel near a bus station in downtown LA. He was overpowered by other passengers.Īccording to the legal filing, Mr Dominguez had arrived at LAX the previous Tuesday from Cabo San Lucas in western Mexico. The US attorney’s office in the Central District of California filed a complaint on Sunday, and Mr Dominguez now faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison.Ī day before the alleged actions by Mr Dominguez, a man was accused of breaching an LAX airport barrier and driving onto the tarmac in a car with “SOS” written on the hood.Įarlier in June, a man was criminally charged after he tried to get into the cockpit in the middle of a flight from LA to Nashville. Louis Tomlinson will not be charged over LAX airport altercation.LAX 'shooting' scare: Man in Zorro costume arrested following false reports of gunshots.LAX pilots report 'guy in a jet pack' trying to land alongside them.Think we all know what they mean by that.

One crew member said the suspect was even seen 'snorting a white substance'.

About a week later, a 42-year-old Mechanicville, NY man was arrested for his extremely erratic behavior on a JetBlue cross-country flight NBC NY says it all started as the suspect made multiple trips to the bathroom, while antagonizing passengers, and then touching a female passenger. According to the court records, it all started because the passenger became upset after a flight attendant didn't pick up their garbage for them. The flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Denver.īack in May 2021, another out of control passenger allegedly assaulted a flight attendant on a flight bound for JFK. Other passengers say that alcohol was involved, and that the suspect had to be eventually duct-taped to his seat. The airline says the suspect punched a flight attendant over his refusal to wear a mask. ABC says the incident happened on American Airlines, Flight 976 from JFK International Airport to Santa Ana, California. It appears this is yet another case of a passenger who can't control their alcohol intake. Incidents like this are becoming all too common at our airports and on flights. According to ABC, a passenger on a flight out of JFK became unruly and allegedly assaulted a flight attendant back in October 2021. ABC says he has been charged with interfering with flight crew, a felony.

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