An unidentified amateur photographer is suing American Airlines over an in-flight disturbance that allegedly began when another passenger mistook the man’s vintage camera equipment for an explosive device.
“[N]o Defendant and no employee, agent, or contractor of Defendants’, spoke to Plaintiff at any time during the flight, not even for cabin service, because Plaintiff was sleeping or dozing for most of the flight,” the lawsuit states, adding that “instead of approaching Plaintiff and talking to him, asking what he had with him, moving Plaintiff away from the woman in 13F, and otherwise diffusing the situation, Defendants’ flight attendants sent the woman back to sit next to Plaintiff and asked...
Upon the aircraft’s descent into La Guardia, the plaintiff retrieved his camera from his bag to take a photograph of the New York City skyline, at which point the filing claims the woman — who had, yet again, moved to another seat — began yelling, “Don’t do it!” and “We’re dead!” at the man. The disturbance forced the plane to make an abrupt landing to immediately evacuate all passengers off the aircraft, upon which point the plaintiff was detained by emergency responders on the tarmac.
According to the filing, American Airlines employees on the flight would later tell the Federal Aviation Administration and other government officials that they believed the Plaintiff to be a threat because, according to the female passenger, he “had something dangerous,” “was timing the flight with a timing device,” “was texting pictures of bombs” and “was looking at pictures of bombs and how to put bombs together,” among other behaviors.
Ultimately, the lawsuit states federal investigators found no evidence on the plaintiff’s iPhone or amongst his belongings to support the passenger’s statements to American Airlines’ flight crew — and, after a lengthy detention in which the filing claims the plaintiff was neither read his rights nor allowed a phone call, federal agents dropped the plaintiff off at a taxi stand in the middle of the night.
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Photographer Accused of Causing Bomb Scare on Flight Sues American AirlinesAn unidentified amateur photographer is suing American Airlines over an in-flight disturbance that allegedly began when another passenger mistook the man’s vintage camera equipment for an explosive device.
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