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A mid-air melee erupted in the first class section on an Alaska-bound flight earlier this week when several people on board had to restrain a man who they suspected was in the middle of an opioid overdose, according to an affidavit obtained by The Daily Beast.
The bloody brawl allegedly began with a mysterious scream from the plane’s bathroom, and ended with a passenger sedated, handcuffed, and charged with multiple felonies. The passenger later blamed the ordeal on a panic attack and gummy bears containing HHC, a chemical found in cannabis similar to THC, the court filing says.
The incident allegedly unfolded on an Alaska Airlines flight from Minneapolis to Anchorage, and started when a flight attendant heard a passenger screaming in the lavatory at the plane’s rear. When she asked if the person inside needed help, she heard another scream before the man inside “punched the door open,” the complaint, dated June 25, says.