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Disturbing video of Fiji Airways flight attendant duct-taping woman in mid-air

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A woman on Fiji Airways Flight FJ871 from San Francisco to Nadi in Fiji loudly abused flight attendants and her husband for most of the 11-hour flight

Stewardesses tried to shut a woman’s mouth after she loudly abused them and her husband for most of an 11-hour flight.

Fiji Airways Flight FJ871 left San Francisco late on January 18, and arrived in Nadi in Fiji on Monday morning after crossing the International Date Line.

The 69-year-old, who is reportedly Australian but appears to speak with an American accent and threatened to take the crew to the US embassy, ​​was arrested upon arrival.

Videos filmed by passengers on board showed the allegedly drunk woman shouting at the crew as they tried to calm her down, including racist abuse.

Staff forcibly moved her to the back of the plane, but her behavior did not improve and they eventually tried to shut her mouth.

A passenger said the drama began with a heated argument between the woman and her husband, who were traveling to Adelaide, Australia, together via Fiji.

“They had to move the husband to another seat…She has been fighting since the flight took off,” the passenger said.

Footage filmed on her phone showed the woman shouting at a flight attendant as she leaned over and tried to calm the situation, to no avail.

A woman on Fiji Airways Flight FJ871 from San Francisco to Nadi in Fiji loudly abused flight attendants and her husband for most of the 11-hour flight

Footage filmed on a passenger's phone showed the woman shouting at a flight attendant as she leaned over and tried to defuse the situation, but to no avail.

Footage filmed on a passenger’s phone showed the woman shouting at a flight attendant as she leaned over and tried to defuse the situation, but to no avail.

‘This is criminal, this is abusive. No! This is abusive, you are abusing me. What do you expect me to do, are you? ‘, Shout.

The stewardess sat in the empty seat next to her, which was vacated by her husband, and tried to reason with her.

‘Your f***ing staff… you f***ing b***h. This is criminal,’ the woman shouted, inches from the flight attendant’s face.

The stewardess’s words were inaudible over the plane’s engines, but she seemed to offer the woman some water.

‘So can I spit in your face? Yes, I want some water,’ the woman replied.

‘Don’t look at me like that, you’re b***h. You are abusing me, this is criminal.

The tirade became even uglier when the passenger resorted to racist abuse about the crew’s Pacific Islander background.

‘This is islander abuse of islanders: it’s what people do to people who j. **k you’re going to be in trouble. Give me some water,’ he ranted.

Another video of the reverse angle obtained by Nots Corp It showed the woman shouting more abuse before the crew attempted to shut her mouth.

“Bye, I’m staying in my seat,” he shouted.

The flight attendant speaking to her appeared to tell her that she was disrupting other passengers, to which she responded, “You’re disruptive!” and ‘No, I’m not!’

The flight attendant told her to “stop sulking and keep your voice down,” so the woman yelled, “Stop provoking me, you’re provoking me!”

Another video from the reverse angle showed the woman shouting more abuse before the crew dragged her to the back of the plane and then tried to close her mouth.

Another video from the reverse angle showed the woman shouting more abuse before the crew dragged her to the back of the plane and then tried to close her mouth.

The last piece of video showed her sitting in the back of the plane, still screaming, before staff attempted to record her mouth.

The last piece of video showed her sitting in the back of the plane, still screaming, before staff attempted to record her mouth.

The video cut to the crew struggling with her as she screamed: ‘Let me go, help!’ Let go, don’t touch me! Enough!’

‘I haven’t done anything wrong. You ugly people, take your hands off me. Tomorrow you will go directly to the American embassy,’ he continued.

As they tried to remove her from her seat and move her to the back of the plane, she screamed in pain, claiming that one of them ‘was lying on my shoulder.’

The last piece of video showed her sitting in the back of the plane, still screaming, before staff attempted to record her mouth.

The woman struggled and ducked as the tape was applied, and screamed mostly incoherently other than, “My face!”

It was unclear whether the air crew was not clear.

The passenger who filmed the second video told News Corp that the woman’s husband asked to be seated away from her, and became angry when staff did not tell him where he was being taken.

They claimed the woman shouted ‘racist and vulgar’ abuse for hours, threatened to throw objects such as cups at the crew, and hit the hands of a flight attendant.

“The other passengers were particularly upset by her openly racist comments towards the Fijian crew members, and many called on the woman to shut up and behave,” they said.

“Parents with children on board were clearly upset with the excessive foul language and swearing that many are seen blocking their children’s ears.”

The passenger said the woman’s husband sat with her again about two hours before the flight landed, but was unable to stop his tirades.

A Fiji Airways AD meme altered to show crew having tape papers with a Punny slogan

A Fiji Airways AD meme altered to show crew having tape papers with a Punny slogan

Police said the woman was “intoxicated and causing a nuisance” and was in the custody of immigration officers charged with one count of “unruly passenger” under Fiji’s Civil Aviation Act.

Fijian law allowed the crew the “right to take measures they think reasonable to prevent the passenger from continuing that behaviour” if they became disruptive.

Once the plane lands, the airline can remove the passenger from the plane under police escort, deny them boarding connecting flights and report them to the police.

She would face the Nadi Magistrate’s Court on Friday afternoon local time (UTC+12).

“The safety of our passengers and crew is our top priority, and we maintain a zero-tolerance policy for any threatening behavior,” Fiji Airways said.

“We are cooperating with the relevant authorities, who are investigating an incident involving a passenger aboard flight FJ817 from San Francisco, which landed at Nadi International Airport on January 20, 2025, where he was met by police.”

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