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The constraint on any commercial aircraft is simple: the cabin is a sealed tube at altitude with no egress and a crew that cannot simply pull over.
When United Airlines Flight 1364 departed Newark for Fort Lauderdale Thursday aboard a Boeing 737-900 carrying 174 passengers and six crew members, that physical reality became the entire operational problem after a passenger was cut off from alcohol service and spent roughly 45 minutes escalating before three passengers stepped in to restrain him.
Forty-five minutes before the grab Retired Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara, seated with his wife (a lieutenant with the Newark Police Department), told Fox News Digital that the four flight attendants handled the situation with consistent professionalism.
The passenger shouted profanities, made threatening remarks, and tried repeatedly to leave his seat.
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