17-07-2025
Man Goes Berserk on American Airlines Flight Over a Charging Cable
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A woman on TikTok filmed a man completely losing his cool on an American Airlines flight, even before it took off from Charlotte to Denver.
According to Rebecca Cook, going by the username rebeccacook748 on the platform, the man was denied a charging cable and a first-class seat, which lead to a profane meltdown.
Another man told the belligerent passenger not to speak disrespectfully to women.
"If she's being a b****, I'm gonna call it out, bro," he yelled.
"Shut the f*** up and sit down, bro. You have three f***ing seconds before I f*** you up."
Stock image: American Airlines planes at an airport.
Stock image: American Airlines planes at an airport.
Photo by Kameraworld / Getty Images
The man continued to bellow at the woman, as well as other passengers who tried to intervene.
"I have four sisters," he shouted. "If I wanna talk to a b**** like that, I f***ing will."
As passengers looked on, he stormed to the front of the plane telling someone to walk off with him, then he walked back, passing a man who apparently stuck his leg out.
"Come on, bro," he said on camera, "You're gonna try to trip me, bro? You're a p****, bro."
Throughout the video, other passengers chuckled at the man's explosion. The man who tried to trip the passenger munched on Frito chips, watching with apparent interest.
"My dude with the Fritos understood the assignment," a viewer quipped in the comments.
In a statement to Newsweek, American Airlines said the man was removed for "disruptive behavior" prior to departure.
"The flight continued as scheduled following the removal," a spokesperson said.
"We thank our customers for their patience and apologize for the inconvenience."
Users React
TikTok users seemed to enjoy the opportunity to tee off on the unruly passenger, amid more than 400 comments and almost 42,000 views within two days.
"No-neck, Temu dupe Jonah Hill stomping down the aisles is killing me," one wrote.
"No-Fly List forever," a critic declared, to which Cook replied: "That's what I was thinking too."
A contributor shared that their mother worked as a flight attendant for 44 years: "He is the reason she kept an ice mallet in her pocket at all times."
Finally, one pundit had a pertinent question: "Who are his sisters? I'd be so embarrassed, [Oh my God]."
Other Flight Issues
Flights certainly offer plenty of opportunities for drama.
One passenger felt something on her feet and looked down to discover two cockroaches crawling across her.
"I can't imagine from what part of the world these roaches must [have] boarded the flight," the passenger wrote, "This is extremely unacceptable.
"In my 15 years flying, I've never before seen roaches on a plane until now."
However, not every flight is unpleasant. A traveler went viral sharing his trans-Atlantic flight from London to New York, which featured hardly anyone else on board.
"Basically flew private," the traveler wrote.
Newsweek has contacted rebeccacook748 for comment via TikTok.
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