United Airways passenger pummels one other flier in ‘vicious,’ bloody assault: report

A United Airways Boeing aircraft rotated midflight and landed in Sydney, Australia on Monday. (Credit score: New York Aviation/LOCAL NEWS X/TMX)

A United Airways passenger set free “blood-curdling screams” throughout a “vicious” assault by one other flier on a San Francisco to Washington, D.C. flight this week, a witness says. 

The airline tells FOX Enterprise that “Thanks to the quick action of our crew and customers, one passenger was restrained after becoming physically aggressive toward another customer” onboard United Flight 2247 on Monday. 

“He was just very violently and very aggressively just pummeling the guy who was in the window seat who was in front of me and it was vicious. This wasn’t like a bar room, I’m going to throw a couple of punches around, I mean this was vicious,” Sandhya Gupta informed KGO following the incident. 

The FBI says the suspect, Everett Nelson, was strolling again to his seat after utilizing the aircraft’s toilet when he focused the sleeping sufferer, in accordance with the station. 

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A United Airways aircraft is seen on the gate throughout dawn at San Francisco Worldwide Airport on Oct. 19.  (Smith Assortment/Gado/Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)

“The next thing I know, I just hear these blood-curdling screams,” Gupta stated. 

The assault reportedly ended when one other passenger intervened.  

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“Basically kind of like wrapped this guy in sort of like a hug and the assailant just, it was the weirdest thing, he just went limp,” Gupta informed KGO. “This doctor was just like trying to stop the bleeding, his face was just a mess. It was awful. There was blood spatter on the window… and all that kind of stuff.” 

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A United Airways employee guides a passenger aircraft right into a terminal on the Dulles Worldwide Airport on June 17, 2022, in Dulles, Va.  (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)

A United Airways spokesperson informed FOX Enterprise that “The flight landed safely and was met by paramedics and local law enforcement.” 

There have been 82 passengers onboard the plane and 6 crew members. The motive for the alleged assault is unclear. 

“United Airlines Flight 2247 safely landed at Dulles International Airport in Virginia after the crew reported a passenger disturbance on Monday, Oct. 28 at 1:40 p.m. local time. The Boeing 737-900 departed San Francisco International Airport. The FAA will investigate,” the Federal Aviation Administration informed KGO in a press release. 

A United Airways passenger aircraft is seen at San Francisco Worldwide Airport in July 2024. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu by way of Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)

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The FBI and the FAA didn’t instantly reply Thursday to requests for remark from FOX Enterprise.