NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!
An unruly passenger on a Frontier Airlines flight was caught on camera screaming at crew members as she was escorted off the plane — in yet another recent incident of airplane drama that captured attention on social media.
In a TikTok video that garnered over 2 million views, a blonde woman wearing a yellow hoodie can be seen walking through the airplane toward the cockpit, escorted by the crew, as the plane approached Denver, Colorado.
As she reached the front of the aisle, she unleashed a profanity-filled tirade that shocked numerous TikTok viewers.
“Everybody stay seated,” the unruly passenger snapped.
“Out of my f—ing way,” she also said, fuming.
A flight attendant calmly responded to the woman, “We’re getting out of your way, sweetheart.”
The out-of-control passenger was not appeased and blurted out more expletive-filled remarks.
Just seconds later, becoming even more enraged, she then blasted a flight attendant about trying to open the “f—ing exit door.”
CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIES
Another traveler intervened and asked her to “take a seat” — but that didn’t work either.
The woman asked the person and others to “back up,” adding a long and profane comment about getting out of her “face.”
She added, “I walk off, and then you get arrested.”
Though profanity-laced tirades are relatively rare on planes, Brett Snyder, author of the aviation blog “The Cranky Flier,” said travelers who observe an unruly passenger like this should resist getting involved.
“That flight attendant has the patience of a SAINT.”
“While it is still relatively rare to encounter this kind of disruption on a flight, it absolutely happens far more than it should,” Snyder, who is based in California, told Fox News Digital.
TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ
“Travelers should follow crew instructions and do what they can to avoid getting involved in the situation if one arises,” he added.
Gary Leff, a Texas-based travel industry expert and author of the blog “View from the Wing,” told Fox News Digital that flight attendants receive training on how to handle such issues, but that it varies by airline.
“After the April 2017 David Dao passenger dragging incident, United put their cabin through de-escalation training,” he said.
“I was skeptical at the time, but it turned out to be effective,” said Leff.
“United had far fewer flash points with passengers over mask compliance during the pandemic than American Airlines did, for instance.”
“There’s no definitive answer to how common incidents like this are,” Leff continued. “There were 1,621 reports in 2025, or 4.4 reports per day.”
Meanwhile, other travelers weren’t amused.
“Every disturbance on an airplane should [earn that person] a minimum 10-year ban on TSA travel,” one commenter said.
“That flight attendant has the patience of a SAINT,” another said, referencing the calm and even demeanor of a member of the crew shown in the video.
“That no-fly list gotta be long as hell by now with all these videos I’m constantly seeing,” a third commenter said.
“Flight attendants do not get paid enough.”
Yet another commenter said, “Why can’t anyone just take a flight and get to [their] destination without any problems? This is sad.”
Another person writing on TikTok said, “Flight attendants do not get paid enough.”
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
It was not immediately clear what caused the passenger’s tirade. Fox News Digital reached out to Frontier Airlines for comment.
“Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, we operate more than 100 A320 family aircraft and have the largest A320neo fleet in the Americas, serving approximately 120 destinations in the U.S., Caribbean, Mexico and Central America,” the airline says on its website.
The airline celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2024.
Related Article
Read the full article here
