Restless passenger causes chaos during flight and crew member suffers injury in altercation

He was a real airhead.A flight attendant broke his leg while restraining a passenger who tried to open the emergency exit on an international flight.

Footage of the dramatic saga is currently taking off online.“This individual suddenly went to one of the doors of the plane trying to manipulate it,” a spokesperson for Plus Ultra Airlines told Jam Press while recounting the inflight fracas.The incident reportedly transpired on February 28 aboard Flight 701 from Madrid, Spain, to Caracas, Venezuela.The Airbus 330 was approximately halfway to the destination when the “restless” passenger began “annoying the person in the next seat with shouts and slapping him while he was asleep,” the flight rep recalled.Fortunately, the crew members intervened and moved the flyer to another seat where he couldn’t bother anyone.However, this was only the beginning of the bedlam.

Moments later, the passenger went up to the emergency hatch and tried to open it, causing passengers to panic.Viral footage shows crew members attempting to restrain the miscreant during his ill-advised door dash as bystanders cry out in shock.The clip concludes with the passenger lying on the ground with his hands tied after being restrained by the crew.“Immediately, our cabin crew subdued the passenger and, following the action protocol, secured him in the back of the plane until he reached the destination,” the Plus Ultra spokesperson said.“At all times he was accompanied by two people from the crew, lying on the ground and attended to avoid any possible altercation.”The culprit was detained upon arrival in Caracas.

Unfortunately, one of the flight attendants was injured while attempting to subdue the passenger.“One of our cabin crew suffered a partial fracture of the fibula for which he has already been treated and which will keep him out for a few weeks,” the rep recalled.As of yet, it’s unclear what motivated the passenger to try and open the emergency exit, which is reporte...