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Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Daily Mail
Martial arts celebrity Tex Johnson explodes with fury on Southwest jet then moans he's being 'treated like a black person'
Famed martial arts fighter Aaron 'Tex' Johnson was seen in shocking footage flying into a frenzy on a Southwest jet as stunned passengers pleaded for him to get off the plane. Johnson, 33, a professional Brazilian Jui Jitsu fighter, was booted off the flight after screaming at crewmembers and passengers in a furious outburst. It is unclear what triggered the episode, with footage shared by one witness beginning with Johnson being confronted by several people on board all yelling 'off' at him. 'I have to get my bag,' Johnson replied, and after he was handed his luggage, he turned to a man and saying: 'You're a loser.' 'You started this,' he continued. Fellow passengers all cheered 'bye' as Johnson grabbed his bag and walked to the front of the plane, applauding as he began to disembark. But as the fighter made his way to the door, Johnson turned and began screaming in the face of two female flight attendants, repeating: 'Abuse! Abuse!' It is unclear if Southwest Airlines have taken any action over the shocking incident, and Daily Mail has contacted the airline for comment. Welcome to the no fly list — The Black Tucker Carlson Jr 🇺🇸 (@B1TuckerCarlson) July 23, 2025 After Johnson screamed in the flight attendants faces as he was kicked off the plane, it appears that the unruly passenger continued his altercation in the jet bridge. One of the female flight attendants at the door could be seen yelling: 'Don't touch her! Don't touch her!' The altercation on the bridge continued for over a minute as Johnson, out of sight of the camera on board, could be heard howling outside. In his rant, Johnson could be heard saying, 'Call a lawyer' and telling a passenger 'You're a f***ing piece of s***.' In separate footage taken by a witness inside the airport terminal, Johnson was seen restrained to a stretcher and being escorted by police officers. It is not clear why Johnson was on a stretcher, with the witness who filmed his second outburst commenting that he was 'tweaking out.' As he was wheeled in the stretcher, Johnson yelled: 'This is bulls***... bulls***.' 'I am being treated like a black person right now,' he added. Johnson took to social media after footage of the plane outburst went viral, sharing footage of his rant along with dozens of stories of motivational quotes. He also shared an image of himself enjoying an ice cream, seeming to show that he was not taken into custody after the rant. In another Instagram story on Wednesday, he shared an image of his hand tattoo and captioned it: 'That's the motto - Nobody moves nobody gets hurt.' Johnson is an International Brazilian jiu-jitsu Federation (IBJJF) 3x Pan American No-Gi Champion, but owns a mixed record as a professional fighter. He has 84 wins across his career, offset by 67 losses. According to BJJ Heroes, a fighting outlet for Brazilian jiu-jitsu, he is known for his 'aggressive and submission-oriented style', and he has 'submitted some of the sport's biggest stars.' Johnson has faced several controversies in his fighting career, including being kicked out of his training camp in North Carolina in 2018. When asked why he was booted from his training camp by trainer Lucas Lepri, he told BJJ Heroes that he was caught teaching at another gym, and said Lepri also had issues with him being 'too aggressive.' In 2019, he also pulled out of a high-profile fight when he entered rehab. Johnson did not say what he went to rehab for, and said at the time that he pulled out of the Fight 2 Win 108 event to refocus. 'I will be spending time with my wife and getting my mind better for a return to competition. Thank you everyone for all the amazing support,' he wrote on Instagram. In 2021, he also sued fighter Orlando Sanchez after suffering a severe spinal cord injury. According to a press release at the time from his attorneys, they said it was sustained against Sanchez, a fighter with a 'reputation for fighting dirty.' He alleged that Sanchez illegally slammed him into the mat when he placed him in a submission hold, suffering 'permanent' injuries to his spine. The status of the lawsuit is unclear, however Johnson has not had a professional fight since.
The Guardian
6 days ago
- The Guardian
Court grants leave for Australian women to sue Qatar Airways over alleged invasive physical examinations
Five Australian women who allege they were forced off a Qatar Airways plane by armed guards before some were intimately examined at Doha airport will be able to sue the airline directly, the federal court has ruled. The women launched an appeal in April last year hoping to overturn a ruling that the airline could not face trial for the October 2020 incident, when they were among more than a dozen women forcibly led from a Sydney-bound plane and escorted into ambulances. Four of the women underwent bodily examinations – three of which were invasive – without consent as part of a local investigation to find the mother of a newborn baby found abandoned in a bathroom in Hamad international airport. The infant survived. The episode sparked international outrage, with the women suing Qatar Airways Group, Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) and Matar, the Qatari company responsible for airports operation and management, for negligence, assault, false imprisonment and battery. Sign up: AU Breaking News email But the case against the airline, in which they sought damages over alleged 'unlawful physical contact', was dismissed, with Justice John Halley finding that Qatar Airways should not have to go to trial because its employees could not have influenced the actions of Qatari police, who boarded the planes to remove the women. Halley also found that the QCAA was immune from the court's jurisdiction and determined that the five women could instead refile their claims for damages against Matar. The women lodged an appeal against the judgment, hoping to pursue Qatar Airways and the QCAA directly. Sign up to Breaking News Australia Get the most important news as it breaks after newsletter promotion On Thursday morning the federal chief justice, Angus Stewart, said the court found that Halley had 'erred' when he summarily dismissed the airline's claims that the invasive examinations had not taken place in 'the course of any of the operations of embarking or disembarking' the aircraft. 'There is no sufficiently high degree of certainty that what happened to the appellants in the ambulance could not ultimately be found to have been in 'the course of any of the operations of embarking or disembarking',' Stewart told the court. The issue could 'only be decided at trial and not on a summary basis'. He also found that Matar's application to set aside service should have been dismissed – and that its claim a nurse who had who performed the bodily examinations was not its employee was arguable. It was an 'error to conclude at this stage of the proceeding that Matar's duty of care cannot possibly extend to the circumstances in and around the ambulance', he ruled. He ordered Qatar Airways and Matar to pay the costs of the appeal. But the judge dismissed the women's appeal against the QCAA, telling the court the evidence showed management activities of the government-run authority 'were in pursuit of public functions of the State of Qatar'.
Daily Mail
09-07-2025
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Passengers clap and cheer as young woman is hauled off Jetstar flight from Vanuatu after alleged vile act in mid-air
Passengers on a Jetstar flight celebrated as a young woman was marched off the plane for allegedly vaping mid-air and mocking the families who complained. The Sydney-bound flight had just landed from Port Vila, Vanuatu, on Saturday night when Australian Federal Police officers boarded and escorted the woman off in front of a full cabin. Flanked by three AFP officers, the woman was seen strutting confidently down the aisle, waving at fellow passengers and smiling for cameras as she filmed the dramatic moment on her phone. 'She didn't seem bothered by any of it,' said passenger Clint Williams, who was returning from a holiday with his children. 'They made everyone wait to get off the plane while the police got on, arrested her, and dragged her out. 'It actually looked like she was enjoying the attention. Multiple passengers started filming and she was waving and even poked her tongue out smiling.' The mid-flight commotion allegedly began shortly after take-off from the tiny Pacific island, when a family sitting near the woman raised concerns about her behaviour. Mr Williams said cabin crew intervened after the woman was suspected of vaping, breaching aviation law which can result in a hefty fine or court appearances. 'I asked the family what was going on and they said she was being really abusive to the staff when they tried to talk to her,' he said. As tensions boiled over during the three-hour flight, raised voices could be heard from the rear of the aircraft, prompting the crew to call ahead for assistance. Upon arrival at Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport, all passengers were told to remain seated while authorities boarded the plane. In a video provided to the Daily Mail Australia, one officer could be heard asking: 'Did you vape? That's the allegation.' The woman defiantly unzipped her bag and pulled out a packet of cigarettes, insisting she didn't have a vape. 'Let's look in my whole bag and see if I have a vape,' she said rummaging further. 'I have cigarettes, not a vape.' When an officer reached for the phone she had been using to film the encounter, saying, 'I will take that for you,' the woman quickly snatched it back, claiming it was for her safety. Moments later, she was placed under arrest and escorted off the aircraft as she yelled and tried to wrestle free. Once she had been removed, the remaining passengers clapped and cheered in delight at finally being allowed to disembark. The family who initially raised the alarm were later seen talking to the AFP officers. It is not known who the woman was travelling with, but a male passenger was seen carrying her bag from the aircraft. The AFP confirmed their officers responded to reports of a woman allegedly causing a disturbance on a flight from Vanuatu. 'The passenger was allegedly intoxicated, verbally abusive, and aggressive towards other passengers and crew members,' the spokesperson said. 'AFP members met the flight when it arrived at Sydney Airport and escorted the woman off the aircraft. 'After investigations, the AFP issued the woman with a court attendance notice for two charges' The woman is now due to appear in court on one count of offensive disorderly behaviour on board an aircraft during flight and one count of conduct causing public nuisance.
News.com.au
09-07-2025
- News.com.au
Sydney man to front court after alleged groping incident on flight
Australian Federal Police have charged a Sydney man with one count of act of indecency without consent after an airline crew reported he allegedly touched a woman inappropriately on the thigh and buttock while she tried to sleep during a flight bound from Los Angeles. The man, 36, had allegedly moved seats to sit in the same row as the woman, whom he did not know. When crew members became aware of the alleged incident, they moved the woman to a different section of the aircraft for the remainder of the flight. The incident occurred on an overnight United Airlines flight UA839 from Los Angeles to Sydney on May 29, 2025. Upon landing, the AFP met the aircraft, interviewed the man and witnesses and issued him with a court attendance notice for one count of committing an act of indecency without consent. This offence carries a maximum penalty of seven years' imprisonment if convicted. AFP Detective Inspector Dom Stephenson said all reports of inappropriate or criminal conduct, whether on the ground or in the air, were taken seriously and thoroughly investigated. 'No one on an aircraft should feel unsafe because of the behaviour of other travellers and if someone has committed an offence, the AFP will take action,' Inspector Stephenson said. The man is expected to appear in Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday.
Daily Mail
02-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Meditating Frontier passenger, 21, seen CACKLING after mid-air brawl has smile wiped off his face on landing
A Frontier Airlines passenger who was caught on camera cackling after allegedly attacking a fellow flyer while mid-air had his smug grin wiped clean off his face the moment the plane landed. Ishann Sharma, 21, of New Jersey, was arrested Tuesday and charged with battery after a violent brawl erupted on board a flight arriving at Miami International Airport, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called to the tarmac Monday night following reports of an assault on a flight coming into the airport. An arrest report states Sharma approached a fellow passenger and grabbed him without warning by the neck as the man was returning to his seat. Bizarrely, Sharma's defense attorney claimed the incident occurred after a passenger took issue with his client for meditating. Video shows a grisly fistfight between Sharma and the victim - a man wearing a grey sweatshirt and sporting dreadlocks - as they slug it out in a row of seats, while shocked passengers plead with them to stop. The pair were eventually pulled apart, but Sharma returned to his seat grinning, allegedly mumbling to himself and snapping selfies of his bloodied face. He sustained a cut above his left eyebrow, while the victim suffered minor injuries and declined medical treatment. Sharma's smirk didn't last long as he was marched off the plane in handcuffs by deputies and taken to Jackson West Hospital for treatment before being booked into custody. Sharma appeared in bond court on Tuesday, where his attorney bizarrely claimed the altercation began while he was meditating. 'My client is from a religion where he was meditating,' said defense attorney Renee Gordon. 'Unfortunately, the passenger behind him did not like that.' But the excuse didn't sway Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Gerald Hubbart, who set Sharma's bond at $500. He also ordered Sharma to have no contact with the victim, either in person or on social media, and issued a 500-foot stay-away order from the victim's school and workplace. A clear motive for the alleged mid-air assault has yet to be determined. Frontier Airlines did not immediately respond to Daily Mail's request for comment. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Gerald Hubbart who set Sharma's bond at $500 and forbid him from having contact with the victim It comes just months after passengers aboard a Frontier flight had to restrain an unruly patron after he punched out a window on the jet. Footage captured aboard Flight 4856 from Denver to Houston showed the unknown man frantically lashing out at his fellow passengers in early February. Those onboard had to resort to using shoelaces and zip ties to restrain him following the violent outburst, which saw him punch through the plexiglass of a window.
