Fists were flying at 30,000 feet.
Just seven minutes after takeoff, a perverse airplane passenger pelted two flight attendants with punches after being barred from cellphone access.
Alleged attacker Valeria E., 39, according to reports on a verified Facebook profile, Aviation Knowledge, began “behaving aggressively and [scaring] the passengers” aboard a Pobeda Airlines flight from Novosibirsk to Moscow, Russia, on the morning of August 23.
Cabin crew members reportedly approached Valeria, seated in 10A, attempting to calm her raging fit after receiving complaints from travelers.
The sky staffers allegedly recorded their ill-fated encounter with the hotheaded redhead on a work phone for safety.
As a gentle reminder of in-flight rules, the airway attendants even offered the troublemaker a document outlining the airline’s code of conduct.
But the helpful handout was as worthless as the piece of paper on which it was written.
“The lady showed complete indifference to them,” reads the social media post, which adds that Valeria “very dramatically” crumpled the paper and threw it in a flight attendant’s face.
The chaos escalated when Valeria confronted the attendants in a vestibule, demanding the phone — presumably the device used by the airline workers to film the incident. Her request was ultimately denied.
She then attacked the senior flight attendant and another colleague, per NewsX. Eyewitnesses claim the rascal struck them “several times on the head.”
Footage of the fracas shows passengers rushing to subdue Valeria, forcibly removing her from the vestibule. She can be seen cackling while being ushered back to her seat.
With the permission of the aircraft commander, she was reportedly restrained in her seat until the flight landed.
After touching down at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, Valeria was removed from the plane by a rapid response team.
The injured flight attendants refused to call an ambulance. Instead, they went to the airport’s internal affairs department to file a report and document their injuries.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed the incident, according to NewsX. Valeria could face charges of petty hooliganism.
Police are currently investigating the incident.
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