Dramatic video captures a man's mid-air outburst during a flight from Los Angeles to Boston.
Video shot by a passenger mid-flight on a Boston-bound plane captured a threatening outburst and attack that would result in the arrest of a man from Leominster, Massachusetts on Sunday.trying to open an emergency exit door and trying to stab a flight attendantFrancisco Severo Torres is expected back in court on Thursday, after being held Monday following an initial appearance in federal court.
There have been a series of incidents at Logan Airport over the last week, including one where a man allegedly tried to open the door of a plane and attacked a flight attendant. An attendant confronted him about the door, and he asked if cameras showed him tampering with it, authorities said. The flight attendant then told the captain that they should land the plane as soon as possible, because Torres was believed to be a threat to the aircraft, according to federal law enforcement.
During interviews following the ordeal, authorities said that passengers remembered Torres asking"where on the safety card it showed where the door handle was located during the flight attendants’ safety briefing prior to takeoff and that Torres was seen pacing in a galley before attacking the flight attendant.
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