Man who was duct-taped on American Airlines flight after alleged violent outburst breaks his silence
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First seen16 Sept, 21:46Man who was duct-taped on American Airlines flight after alleged violent outburst breaks his silence
Layne Lundeen told a judge in Annapolis, Maryland that he cannot remember anything that happened on the flight
The Independent•Graig Graziosi
Latest5h agoUS passenger duct-taped to plane seat says: ‘I don’t remember any of it’
After being read charges, Layne Lundeen said: ‘I assaulted a police officer? Is that what it says? I don’t have my glasses’ An American Airlines passenger who was duct-taped to his seat following an alleged outburst including racial and homophobic slurs said that he does not recall the incident. On 3 September, 67-year old Layne Lundeen was restrained in his first-class seat with duct tape and zip ties over alleged unruly behavior. The American Airline Flight 618 was originally traveling from Dallas, Texas , to Newark, New Jersey , and was diverted to the Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall airport in an emergency landing. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Maya Yang