Viral Video: Woman Punches, Spits On Another Passenger On Delta Flight

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A woman was arrested by the FBI after she assaulted and wrangle on another passenger aboard a Delta flight from Tampa to Atlanta. According to the New York Post, the incident passed when Patricia Cornwall, 51, was walking back to her seat from the restroom and plant the aisle blocked by a libation wain on December 23. When a crew member requested her to take an open seat until the libation wain could be moved, Ms Cornwall allegedly said,”Who am I, Rosa Parks?”-invoking the name of the iconic African-American civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a machine to a white man in 1955.
At this, a man seated hard told Ms Cornwall”You are not Black, this is not Alabama, and this is not a machine.”

That led to a battle which escalated until Ms Cornwall punched and wrangle on the other man. The attack was recorded by aco-passenger and has gone viral online.

In the videotape of the incident, which has been viewed more than 9 million times on Twitter, Ms Cornwall was heard asking the man to put on his mask. Her own face mask, meanwhile, was pulled down to her chin.

” Mask up,”she was heard yelling.”You mask up b ****!”the man screamed back.

An maddened Ms Cornwall was also seen slighting the man indeed as crew tried to restrain her. The battle continued until she was dragged down.

Ms Cornwall was met by the police and also taken into FBI guardianship when the flight landed in Atlanta.

” Grounded on the statements gathered and visible substantiation, officers detainedMs. Cornwall and communicated the on- call FBI agent,” police said in a statement attained by New York Post.

The officers also dislocated with Ms Cornwall to the domestic Atlanta Police firmament where FBI agents responded and took guardianship of Ms Cornwall,”it added.

Patricia Cornwall appeared in civil court in Atlanta on Monday autumn, reports CNN. She’s indicted of” assault by striking, beating, or woundingR.S.M. in the special aircraft governance of the United States.”If plant shamefaced of the class A misdemeanor, she could face up to one time in captivity and a forfeiture of over to$.