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A drunken passenger was duct-taped to his seat on a Frontier flight after allegedly grabbing the breasts of several flight attendants on July 31, the Daily Beast reported. Max Berry also reportedly punched a male flight attendant who tried to restrain him before being duck-taped to his seat.
An inebriated Berry spilled a drink on his shirt. The mayhem began when he came out of the bathroom, not wearing his shirt and wandering the aisles.
As one flight attendant attempted to help him to get another shirt from his carry-on and help him back to his seat, Berry allegedly groped her breast. The flight attendant (who deserves a medal and an enormous amount of compensation for her de-escalation skills) told the drunken idiot to sit down and not touch her. The fool then walked up to two flight attendants from behind, reached around and groped their breasts.
The video footage begins after the flight attendants were assaulted. Twenty-two-year-old Berry can be seen punching a male flight attendant on the flight from Philadelphia to Miami and yelling, “You guys f*****g suck!”
He was duct-taped by the crew and some of the passengers. As Berry was finally restrained, the other passengers cheered.
Berry also rambled on about his parents being worth millions. Berry is from Norwalk, Ohio, and attends Ohio Wesleyan University, per WBNS.
Frontier has suspended the flight crew, according to TMZ. Frontier said that the flight crew is on paid leave while the investigation is pending and claimed they were following proper protocol in doing so. Frontier also said that they were cooperating with law enforcement on the matter.
“Frontier Airlines maintains the utmost value, respect, concern and support for all of our flight attendants, including those who were assaulted on this flight. We are supporting the needs of these team members and are working with law enforcement to fully support the prosecution of the passenger involved.”
The college student was arrested by the Miami Police Department when the flight landed and charged with battery.