A plane bound for the U.S. was forced to turn around after a passenger said to be drunk allegedly bit a member of the flight crew.
The assailant, a 55-year-old man, is an American national and was “heavily drunk” on the flight according to an All Nippon Airways (ANA) spokesman, the South China Morning Post said.
A total of 159 passengers were onboard at the time and were forced to return to Haneda airport. The flight was bound for Seattle.
The man “doesn’t recall at all” the alleged incidents on the flight, according to a report by Japanese broadcaster TBS.
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Newsweek has approached ANA for comment.
The incident comes just days after an ANA flight in Japan returned to an airport because of a crack reported in the cockpit window.
Nobody onboard flight NH1182 was injured. The fissure was discovered on the outer layer of the window. “The crack was not something that affected the flight’s control or pressurization,” a spokesperson said.
A total of 59 passengers and six crew were on the flight at the time the issue with the Boeing 737 was reported. The flight was bound for the Japanese city of Toyama, but was forced to return to Sapporo’s New Chitose airport.
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