Korean Man Held In Federal Detention In Hawaii for Violent Outburst On Plane, Followed By Urinating On Himself
Some people should not be allowed to board a airplane. This story makes me wonder if alcohol was in any way involved or if he is just an old guy with mental issues?:
A Japan-bound airplane returned to Hawaii because of a violent passenger who wanted to do yoga instead of sit in his seat, the FBI said.
The pilot of the March 26 United Airlines flight from Honolulu International Airport to Narita International Airport turned the plane around after hearing that Hyongtae Pae was yelling at crew members and shoving his wife, the FBI said in a criminal complaint.
Pae told the FBI he didn’t want to sit in his seat during the meal service, so he went to the back of the plane to do yoga and meditate. He became angry when his wife and flight attendants told him to return to his seat. “Pae pushed his wife because she was trying to make him stop,” the complaint said. “He felt that she was siding with the flight crew.”
He tried to head-butt and bite Marines who were passengers on the flight and tried to force him back to his seat, Assistant U.S. Attorney Darren Ching said at Pae’s detention hearing Wednesday.
According to the complaint, he threatened to kill passengers and was yelling that there is no god.
Pae went into a rage because he felt the flight crew was ordering him around, Ching said.
Ching said Pae shouldn’t be released because he’s a danger to his wife, himself and others. Pae urinated on himself and was on suicide watch at the Honolulu Federal Detention Center, Ching said. [Associated Press]
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This sounds like a mixture of possibly alcohol and honored Korean tradition of male elders being treated with the utmost respect and being able to abuse their spouses at their leisure. Also, if you’ve ever flown United out of Hawaii (which I have) you know that their inflight meals leave much to be desired in coach class and I can understand the man’s wish to not eat but he should have waited until after the meal service to do his ‘yoga’ because I am sure there is an unwritten regulation that you have to be in your seat during the meal and beverage services to allow the flight attendants to have unfettered access to the aisles which are WAY to narrow anyway.