(CNN) — A person entered the cockpit of an American Airways aircraft in Honduras and triggered injury whereas the plane was on the gate, the airline mentioned in an announcement.
After doing injury, the passenger tried to leap out of a window, American Airways spokesperson Sarah Jantz advised CNN.
The incident occurred because the flight was boarding for Miami, the airline assertion mentioned.
“Crew members intervened and the person was in the end apprehended by native regulation enforcement,” the assertion mentioned.
A substitute plane was making its strategy to Honduras and the flight was rescheduled for a later time, the airline mentioned.
“We applaud our excellent crew members for his or her professionalism in dealing with a tough scenario,” it added.
The rationale for the assault wasn’t given, though airways have been coping with a surge in incidents involving unruly passengers amid the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly as personnel are actually tasked with imposing masks guidelines and different Covid-related protocols.
In 2021, the Federal Aviation Administration reported it acquired greater than 5,980 complaints of unruly passengers. The company mentioned it acquired 4,290 masks-related incident studies final yr and there have been 1,075 investigations initiated — greater than 5 occasions as many as in 2020.
As a part of efforts to discourage dangerous conduct, the FAA and the Transportation Safety Administration introduced final month that vacationers who trigger difficulties can lose their TSA PreCheck credentials, saying that the process is a “privilege reserved for low-risk vacationers.”
CNN’s Taylor Barnes contributed to this report.
