Crazed Passenger Flips Out in Friendly Skies– Faces Federal Charges
By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.comAmerica, meet the passenger from Hell!
During a United flight from San Juan Puerto Rico to Chicago on Saturday, Maria Esther Castillo struck a female crew member “on the buttocks with the back of her hand”, swore and generally acted out of control, according to an affidavit by FBI agent Peter D. Carricato.
“This behavior continued intermittently with short periods of calm followed by loud outbursts,” the court document said.
At one point, Castillo called a passenger a “bitch” and struck her on the arm. She also landed on the head of a blind passenger and later started pulling that person’s hair, the affidavit said.
Finally, the flight crew was forced to use duct tape to confine her to her seat and the pilot diverted the plane to Charlotte Douglas International Airport, the affidavit said.
Castillo is scheduled to appear in U.S. District Court on Thursday in Charlotte, N.C. Read FBI Affidavit
Posted: 11/6/08 at 1:36 AM under FBI, Jobs, News Story.
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