Siberian Airlines passenger punches, strangles and assaults passengers, calls baby a 'slut'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“He used abusive words [and] tried to strangle several young women,” said one of the passengers on the Siberian Airlines flight. (iStock)
A Siberian Airlines passenger has been arrested after allegedly punching and strangling men, women and children — and even sexually assaulting one female passenger — on a flight from St. Petersburg to Novosibirsk, Russia.
The unidentified man, 47, reportedly began his rampage by pacing through the aisle, spouting obscenities. A flight attendant asked him to take a seat near the rear of the aircraft, but he ignored the request, according to a passenger quoted in The Sun.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“He kept walking up and down, and started attacking passengers randomly and beating them,” Siberian Airlines flyer Stanislav Semenov said.
“He used abusive words [and] tried to strangle several young women,” added passenger Alexey Mamontov.
According to Semenov, the crazed passenger became physical after taking a seat next to a female flyer, whom he proceeded to “sexually harass” by grabbing her and pulling her hair. He followed by punching and elbowing a young man’s wrist.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Moments later, he reportedly switched seats so he was directly behind a young girl, and placed his hand around her neck. A flight attendant pushed him away, according to Semenov, but the man only refocused his attention on another passenger holding a baby.
“He said to the baby ‘Hi, little slut’ — then tried to reach the child with his arms,” said Semenov.
The man then looked over at Semenov and threatened to “break [his] face,” so Semenov rose from his seat, at which point the man attacked Semenov.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“I hit him in return — at this moment other men rushed to us and blocked him, pushing him down on a vacant seat,” Semenov stated. Flight attendants and passengers also rushed to restrain the man by strapping him into the seat with belts, The Sun reports.
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Footage taken by one of the passengers shows a group of men appearing to beat the man into submission as passengers prepare to deplane.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}After landing in Novosibirsk, authorities boarded the aircraft and placed the unruly passenger under arrest.
“The police station at the Tolmachevo airport received a message from the airline that several policemen were required to board the plane from St. Petersburg to Novosibirsk due to the aggressive behavior of one passenger,” said Irina Volk, a spokeswoman for the Russian Interior Ministry.
Police transferred to the man to the airport’s holding cell, where he continued to act out, bang on the walls and remove his shirt.
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Police later escorted the man to a hospital for a medical evaluation, U.K.'s Daily Mail reports. Fellow passengers did not believe he was drunk at the time of the attacks.