A man was cited for public intoxication and disorderly conduct after he yelled and growled during an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, according to NBC Los Angeles.
Video posted by Dennis Busch on Facebook showed the man growling like a dog, taking his mask on and off, and cursing at flight attendants. He also screamed “God Bless America” and “Joe Biden!”
“He began by yelling at the Asian woman in front of me to sit down when she was standing to deal with a back issue,” Busch wrote.
“He proceeded to tell multiple flight attendants that she and her companion ‘didn’t belong here.’… After asking him to calm down the man went into a complete meltdown of racist, sexist and belligerent comments, culminating in his arrest at the gate.”
The airline released a statement confirming the incident and thanked the crew “for their professionalism and customers for their understanding”, according to The Associated Press.
