AVIATION

28 November 2022: Little Rock, Arkansas

A woman’s actions forced a Southwest Airlines flight to make an emergency landing in Little Rock, Arkansas, when she bit a passenger and made the claim that Jesus told her to open the plane door 37,000 ft in the air. Flight 192 was on its way from Houston to Ohio when the woman hit a fellow passenger in the thigh before attempting to open the plane’s door mid-flight. A passenger overheard someone say, “she’s trying to open the door,” and went to the rear of the plane to help subdue her, wrestling the woman to the ground. She bit the helping passenger on the thigh, clamping down and holding on. Documents said the woman continued to bite the victim until the victim “worked their fingers up to (her) jawline in an attempt to have (her) release the bite, which she eventually did.” The woman is currently facing charges of assault and interference with flight crew members.