From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: during an American airlines flight 1981 from tampa, FL to dallas, TX an unruly passenger disrobed in the lavatory and began destroying the lavatory facilities. A physical altercation erupted between this passenger and another. The unruly passenger was restrained and placed in a seat for landing as the aircraft diverted to birmingham, AL. The passenger was taken into custody by birmingham fbi and later turned over to ins. Both passengers sustained minor injuries. The ins is deporting this individual back to the philippines.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: DURING AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 1981 FROM TAMPA, FL TO DALLAS, TX AN UNRULY PASSENGER DISROBED IN THE LAVATORY AND BEGAN DESTROYING THE LAVATORY FACILITIES. A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION ERUPTED BETWEEN THIS PASSENGER AND ANOTHER. THE UNRULY PASSENGER WAS RESTRAINED AND PLACED IN A SEAT FOR LANDING AS THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO BIRMINGHAM, AL. THE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY BIRMINGHAM FBI AND LATER TURNED OVER TO INS. BOTH PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE INS IS DEPORTING THIS INDIVIDUAL BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES.
Other reports on N479AA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.