nutty woman duct taped to her seat on plane

[Amby 490]

RALEIGH, North Carolina — An airline crew used duct tape to keep a passenger in her seat because they say she became unruly, fighting flight attendants and grabbing other passengers, forcing the flight to land in North Carolina.

Maria Esther Castillo is due in court Thursday, charged with resisting arrest and interfering with the operations of a flight crew aboard United Airlines Flight 645, from Puerto Rico to Chicago.

Castillo, 45, struck a flight attendant on the buttocks with the back of her hand during Saturday's flight, FBI Special Agent Peter Carricato said in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Charlotte. She also stood and fell onto the head of a blind passenger and later started pulling the person's hair, the complaint stated.

Ankle cuffs kept slipping off Castillo, so the flight crew and two passengers were forced to use duct tape to keep her in her seat, the complaint states.

She calmed as the pilot diverted the flight to Charlotte-Douglass International Airport, but became disruptive again when authorities boarded the plane to remove her, authorities said.

Carricato states that a passenger saw Castillo having drinks in an airport bar before boarding. She bought another drink on the plane. Flight attendants stopped serving her alcohol because of her behavior, the complaint states.

FBI spokeswoman Amy Thoreson on Wednesday declined to comment on the ongoing investigation.

A message left for Castillo's attorney, Julia Mimms, was not immediately returned.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,447445,00.html

[rocks 494]

wow. what is it with people?

on the way back home from the states the last time i was over there some crazy and very fat woman was unhappy with me putting my seat back so she kept putting her knee in my back without asking me to move my seat of course, just childish behaviour. when i finally confronted her she said she was too fat to sit any other way, which of course was not true. she was sat in the back row so her seat didn't recline, but that really wasn't my problem. the flight attendant told her that too. she told me to "go home" and made comments about me being british, negative ones of course. we were too close to newark to land the flight early, but it was threatened several times. she would just wait for the flight attendant to leave before talking to me even though she was told to be quiet. eventually i got to move seats. she had two young and extremely disruptive children with her and her husband. i couldn't believe the way she was talking to me, especially in front of them and apparently i'm the one that needed medication.

i wish they would have duct taped her mouth shut and her legs to the seat.

Edited November 6, 2008 by rocks

[Amby 490]

they didn't have enough duct tape to strap her down

[rocks 494]

they didn't have enough duct tape to strap her down

i still can't get over being told to "go home". what did she think i was doing?

[akdiver 3]

I bet United Airlines starts charging an extra fee for this duct-tape service in the near future.

[rocks 494]

I bet United Airlines starts charging an extra fee for this duct-tape service in the near future.

[Amby 490]

I bet United Airlines starts charging an extra fee for this duct-tape service in the near future.

I think I heard today that Delta will start charging $15 for your first checked bag

[rocks 494]

I bet United Airlines starts charging an extra fee for this duct-tape service in the near future.

I think I heard today that Delta will start charging $15 for your first checked bag

wow. well, at least it's only $15, could be worse.

i'd like to know when are they going to start weighing/measuring people to ensure they can fit in their seat without requiring duct tape!

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

I bet United Airlines starts charging an extra fee for this duct-tape service in the near future.

I think I heard today that Delta will start charging $15 for your first checked bag

wow. well, at least it's only $15, could be worse.

i'd like to know when are they going to start weighing/measuring people to ensure they can fit in their seat without requiring duct tape!

you so missed out on the fat people and airplanes poll.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

#######? Did you get this from the news of the weird?

[HAL 9000 96]

If HAL 9000 had to fly United out of anywhere I'd also be unruly.

:hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

[Sassy1natl 0]

What I wouldn't give for a roll of duct tape right now....

[Beautiful_years 0]

wow. what is it with people?

on the way back home from the states the last time i was over there some crazy and very fat woman was unhappy with me putting my seat back so she kept putting her knee in my back without asking me to move my seat of course, just childish behaviour. when i finally confronted her she said she was too fat to sit any other way, which of course was not true. she was sat in the back row so her seat didn't recline, but that really wasn't my problem. the flight attendant told her that too. she told me to "go home" and made comments about me being british, negative ones of course. we were too close to newark to land the flight early, but it was threatened several times. she would just wait for the flight attendant to leave before talking to me even though she was told to be quiet. eventually i got to move seats. she had two young and extremely disruptive children with her and her husband. i couldn't believe the way she was talking to me, especially in front of them and apparently i'm the one that needed medication.

i wish they would have duct taped her mouth shut and her legs to the seat.

I wish there was a way to evaluate people before putting them on board, not in the mean way...

I once took a bus with a crazy lady as a passenger in front with the driver at a point she started dragging the steering wheel with the driver, amidst out screams he had to knock her out to save us all from crashing into an oncoming vehicle....running off the road or turning over on an abrupt stop!

We had all said our prayers by them...

coming from a country with different native languages... i heard people calling God in so many names... i burst out laughing afterwards...who would have thought so many people revered God that much?

Edited November 7, 2008 by Beautiful_years