A passenger on a commercial flight from Dutch Harbor to Anchorage last week became so unruly with a flight attendant that an off-duty police officer restrained him using zip ties provided by another passenger, according to federal charges.
Before the Aleutian Airways flight departed Dutch Harbor around 1:30 p.m. March 1, a gate agent warned the flight attendant that Hetsler, the last passenger to board, had “given them a little bit of a problem but was currently alright to board the aircraft,” according to a sworn
Once the plane reached 10,000 feet, the flight attendant told investigators, she began to prepare the beverage cart when she noticed Hetsler appeared restless and then, after she turned away for a moment, was suddenly “on the floor on his stomach in the middle of the aisle,” the special agent wrote. At that point, the off-duty police officer intervened and restrained Hetsler with the zip ties the other passenger “just happened to have on them,” the special agent wrote. The flight attendant alerted the captain because it was possible the flight would need to divert to King Salmon.
At 3:20 p.m., with the flight within 30 minutes of landing, Anchorage airport police dispatch notified the FBI, according to the affidavit. The special agent as well as airport police officers interviewed the flight crew, the flight attendant, witnesses and Hetsler.
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