The teen allegedly threw a tantrum during the journey between Maui and Los Angeles on Tuesday
A teenage boy had to be duct-taped to his seat during a flight after apparently trying to kick out the airplane’s window.
Flight attendants took the drastic measure to restrain the 13-year-old boy on an American Airlines flight from Maui to Los Angeles on Tuesday,The teen allegedly threw a tantrum during the journey, and also fought with his mother, before he began kicking the window he was sat next to. A passenger filmed the moment the boy was said to be restrained and the clip shows a flight attendant in the aisle with a roll of gray duct tape.The flight was forced to divert to Honolulu, where the boy was taken into custody, according to CBS.American Airlines spokesperson Laura Masvidal confirmed that the plane was diverted to Honolulu ‘due to an incident with a passenger on board’, adding that ‘customers were re-accommodated on other flights or provided hotel accommodations’.
She added: ‘Safety and security is our top priority and we apologize to our customers for any inconvenience this caused.’ Masvidal, however, declined to provide details about the child, his family and what exactly happened in the incident.The mid-flight drama follows a string of other similar incidents in which plane passengers have had to be restrained with tape mid-flight.
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