A pilot was preparing to take off from a Texas airport when he was suddenly arrested on a disturbing charge — forcing a cancellation.
A Frontier Airlines pilot was taken into custody by Houston police on board a plane at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Saturday right.
The airman, later identified as 45-year-old Seymour Walker, was removed from Flight 3195 before takeoff due to an outstanding warrant for assault-family violence.
Law enforcement timed the arrest for when Flight 3195 reached its assigned gate at George Bush Intercontinental Airport around 4 p.m.
Officers boarded the empty plane and took the pilot into custody without any problems.
A pilot was preparing to take off from a Texas airport when he was suddenly arrested on a disturbing charge — forcing a cancellation
A Frontier Airlines pilot was taken into custody by Houston police on board a plane at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Saturday right
Frontier Airlines confirmed the incident, stating that the pilot was arrested before boarding began for Flight 3195, bound for Dallas-Fort Worth.
Due to the immediate lack of a replacement crew, the flight was canceled.
To make up for the inconvenience, passengers who were going to board Flight 3195 were offered a full refund, credit, or a spot on the next available flight.
‘Airlines report incidents such as this to the FAA office that oversees them, and we investigate all pilot-related issues,’ the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
The incident took place after an Air Canada flight from Morocco to Montreal was forced to be canceled when attendant went ballistic on a passenger who asked for a blanket.
Footage of Air Canada flight AC73 has gone viral showing the altercation between the airline employee and the female passenger who requested the blanket, as reported by CTV News.
The flight attendant allegedly tried to remove the passenger from the plane and threatened to call the police before other passengers threatened to deplane in solidarity.
The airline employee is heard saying: ‘You will behave or we will get off!’ and ‘I’ll tell the captain right away. Yes or no?’
Footage of Air Canada flight AC73 has gone viral showing the altercation between the airline employee and the female passenger who requested the blanket
When passengers tell her to call the captain, the flight attendant says, ‘I don’t want no bullying against my crew.’
A video was shared online, although the flight attendant was already shouting at the passenger by the time the camera began rolling.
It remains unclear what happened beforehand and the female passenger who asked for the blanket has not been identified or come forward.