In an amendment to a class-action lawsuit against Boeing and Alaska Airlines filed Wednesday, it is claimed passengers on a previous flight had their concerns over the noise brushed off by a pilot.
The ANA plane had to return to Haneda airport in Tokyo after the incident, which left the woman mildly injured. The passenger said he doesn t recall at all his outrageous behavior.
The suspect, reportedly 55-year-old Michael Travis Halyard, allegedly flew into a drunken rage over the Pacific Ocean, biting an air stewardess arm and forcing an emergency landing.
Although no-one died on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, the episode could have been much worse had the plane been higher, reveals Arun Bansil, a professor of physics at Northeastern University.
Flight 1182 of Japan s All Nippon Airways was en route to Toyama, on Japan s main island, Honshu but headed back to Sapporo in Hokkaido today after the crack was found.