A drunk Southwest Airlines passenger was arrested last week after allegedly attacking a plus-size traveler with spitting and grabbing her hair, according to officials.
Authorities responded to a call at around 1:10 a.m. on June 17 regarding an "intoxicated passenger," now identified as 32-year-old Leanna Perry from New York, on a Southwest flight at Terminal B in LaGuardia Airport, the Port Authority Police Department told USA TODAY.
In a now-viral recording of the altercation posted to Reddit, Perry is seen grabbing the other passenger's hair. "Yeah, I'm sorry, I didn't want to sit next to a (expletive) fat lady," Perry said in the video.
Southwest Airlines staff and other passengers restrain the unruly passenger, who continues to insult the woman. "Look at this fat lady," Perry said, and is later seen spitting in the woman's face. When restrained, Perry falls to the ground while still cursing, as seen in another video, and is then removed from the flight.
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