- A viral TikTok shows a passenger berating other passengers on a Spirit Airlines flight.
- The user who captured the video said the woman was intoxicated and aggressive.
The video of a Spirit Airlines passenger who appeared to be "visibly intoxicated" went viral. Now, online users are joking that she might end up on the no-fly list.
In a TikTok posted by Amanda Grasham, a woman was shown standing in the plane's aisle and berating other passengers on board a Spirit flight from California to Las Vegas on May 26.
"When you just tryna get home and the drunk passenger pissing everybody off," Grasham wrote in the video, posted on Thursday. The video has since garnered almost three million views.
Grasham told Newsflare that the woman was "visibly intoxicated" and "was acting aggressively to the staff on the aircraft."
In the video, the woman was shown telling other passengers: "Y'all can't even tell me what I did." One passenger could be heard telling the woman to leave the aircraft.
The woman was then shown turning around with one wrist over the other. "Come cuff me!" she said. A few passengers could be heard laughing in the background.
"You should be ashamed of yourself," a male passenger on board told her. Other passengers told the woman to "sit down" but she refused to do so, telling them: "So now everybody gonna suffer."
A handful of passengers could be heard groaning in response, with the same male passenger saying: "That's bullshit!" At the end of the video, the male passenger was shown standing up and responding to the woman: "Now listen, you're out of your motherfucking mind."
@amandagrasham I jusy wanna go home #fyp #airline #traveling ♬ original sound - Amanda Grasham
Staff then asked the woman to leave the plane after her outburst, Grasham told Newsflare.
"She didn't go quietly though. According to passengers she had to be physically removed by three members of the airport police," Grasham said in the report.
According to Federal Aviation Administration, unruly passengers are subject to "substantial" repercussions, including a $37,000 fine per violation.
Several TikTok users jokingly warned the woman in the video about the no-fly list, a database compiled by the FBI to prevent suspected terrorists from boarding aircraft.
In March, Congress did propose a no-fly list aiming to ban unruly passengers from traveling on commercial flights. The Protection from Abusive Passengers Act, which proposes a no-fly list specific to passengers who assault, threaten, or intimidate cabin crew, has garnered traction among flight staff and passengers alike.
"Strong penalties are needed to curb violent and unacceptable behavior. Bad behavior should not fly, and we urge Congress to pass this bill," Cher Taylor, a Frontier Airlines flight attendant, said in a Scripps News report.
Others are opposed to the no-fly list, some noting that it unfairly targets people of color. "If Congress wants to further reduce air-rage incidents on aircraft, it should look at forcing the airlines to make flying a less miserable experience," said Jay Stanley, a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union, per AP News.
The bill advocating for the no-fly list has yet to be passed.
It's not the first time an intoxicated passenger has made a scene on board a Spirit flight. In 2021, a female passenger, who was said to be intoxicated, had to be restrained on a Spirit flight after attacking the cabin crew. And just two years before, another intoxicated woman was removed from the plane after she mooned other passengers.
Grasham and Spirit Airlines did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.