A U.S-bound passenger jet was forced to return to a Tokyo airport after a drunk passenger bit a flight attendant, according to the airline. The incident occurred on All Nippon Airways flight ANA 118, which was en route to Seattle when the intoxicated passenger bit the arm of a female cabin attendant. The flight, which took off at 9:24 p.m. Tuesday, returned to Tokyo Haneda Airport three hours later at 12:26 a.m. The suspect, a 55-year-old American citizen, was handed over to police and the flight attendant sustained minor injuries.
This incident is not isolated, as there have been other cases of in-flight violence. Two passengers on separate flights in 2022 were fined large amounts by the Federal Aviation Administration for similar behavior. In 2017, a man was arrested for attempting to bite a flight attendant before jumping out of a plane.
In addition to in-flight incidents, recent aviation mishaps in Japan include a collision between a Japan Airlines plane and a coast guard aircraft at Haneda Airport, as well as a Korean Air plane clipping a Cathay Pacific airliner at New Chitose Airport.
Summery :
– A U.S.-bound passenger jet had to return to Tokyo after a drunk passenger bit a flight attendant.
– The flight was heading to Seattle but returned to Tokyo three hours into the flight.
– The suspect is a 55-year-old American citizen and was arrested on assault charges.
– This is not the first in-flight biting incident, with previous cases resulting in large fines and arrests.
– There have been recent airplane collisions in Japan, but no injuries were reported.
