FBI: Airline passenger restrained with duct tape

[TitsMcGee]

By MARLON A. WALKER, Associated Press Writer

RALEIGH, N.C. – An airline crew used duct tape to keep a passenger in her seat because they say she became unruly, fighting flight attendants and grabbing other passengers, forcing the flight to land in North Carolina.

Maria Esther Castillo of Oswego, N.Y., is due in court Thursday, charged with resisting arrest and interfering with the operations of a flight crew aboard United Airlines Flight 645, from Puerto Rico to Chicago.

Castillo, 45, struck a flight attendant on the buttocks with the back of her hand during Saturday's flight, FBI Special Agent Peter Carricato said in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Charlotte. She also stood and fell onto the head of a blind passenger and later started pulling the person's hair, the complaint stated.

Ankle cuffs kept slipping off Castillo, so the flight crew and two passengers were forced to use duct tape to keep her in her seat, the complaint states.

She calmed as the pilot diverted the flight to Charlotte-Douglass International Airport, but became disruptive again when authorities boarded the plane to remove her, authorities said.

Carricato states that a passenger saw Castillo having drinks in an airport bar before boarding. She bought another drink on the plane. Flight attendants stopped serving her alcohol because of her behavior, the complaint states.

United spokesman Jeff Kovick said Wednesday that safety is the company's top priority and that it's cooperating with authorities.

FBI spokeswoman Amy Thoreson on Wednesday declined to comment on the ongoing investigation.

A message left seeking comment wasn't immediately returned by Castillo's attorney, Julia Mimms.

God I love stupid people, for they are the most entertaining subject material for news stories.

[Msterbeau]

She wasn't stupid. She was drunk.

[TitsMcGee]

She wasn't stupid. She was drunk.

Ah but they go hand in hand my friend

[Rev.Reverence]

Ah but they go hand in hand my friend

NO...she was an Alcoholic...having a severe panic attack. (I have seen it before.)

Have some understanding...she is obviously sick.

[TitsMcGee]

NO...she was an Alcoholic...having a severe panic attack. (I have seen it before.)

Have some understanding...she is obviously sick.

How is smacking a person's ass and then falling on a blind person part of a panic attack? She was drunk not having a panic attack.

[Rev.Reverence]

How is smacking a person's ass and then falling on a blind person part of a panic attack? She was drunk not having a panic attack.

...First you have to ask yourself why?...Why did she get THAT drunk BEFORE an airplane flight..

..Then why did she get calm & then start flipping out again? I think she was a severely disturbed individual.

"SANE" people do not do these things.

"SANE" peoples know how to take a drink or two & then have a drink or two on the plane...

NOT GET HAMMERED...GET ON A PLANE...THEN DRINK SOME MORE.

Have you ever mixed alcohol & anti-depressants? anti-anxiety meds? anti-psychotics?

BAD RIDE....& that is what it seemed like from me..

But what do I know about alcoholics & prescription drugs? (I happen to know more than I should )

[Msterbeau]

How is smacking a person's ass and then falling on a blind person part of a panic attack? She was drunk not having a panic attack.

Are you an addict of any sort? If not, you will have absolutely no clue how irrational their behavior can be. And it's not that it should be condoned, it shouldn't. But understanding and empathy are another thing altogether. Those we should be willing to give.

[Rev.Reverence]

Are you an addict of any sort? If not, you will have absolutely no clue how irrational their behavior can be. And it's not that it should be condoned, it shouldn't. But understanding and empathy are another thing altogether. Those we should be willing to give.

...perfectly put sir.

[Oh_My_Goth]

I have to side with the fellas here.....

Sounds like this Lady has a problem.....

[Rayne]

Yay! Another use for duct tape!

Panic attacks? Where did you see that?

I just see a drunk person who probably has an alcohol problem.

[phee]

Yay! Another use for duct tape!

Panic attacks? Where did you see that?

I just see a drunk person who probably has an alcohol problem.

*Phee ponders the applications of duct tape and child care*

[Rayne]

*Phee ponders the applications of duct tape and child care*

Duct tape has many uses. This article proves it. There's not many problems, in the grand scope of problems, that you CAN'T somehow solve with duct tape.

[Oh_My_Goth]

Yay! Another use for duct tape!

Panic attacks? Where did you see that?

I just see a drunk person who probably has an alcohol problem.

Personal experience.....

[Oh_My_Goth]

*Phee ponders the applications of duct tape and child care*

Duct tape has many uses. This article proves it. There's not many problems, in the grand scope of problems, that you CAN'T somehow solve with duct tape.

[Oh_My_Goth]

Or this.....

[Rayne]

Personal experience.....

I have Sudden Onset Panic Disorder. A panic attack causes you to feel like your having a heart attack not act like a drunken fool. If your having a panic attack, your not going to be doing much of anything except maybe freaking out that something's wrong and trying to get to your meds.

[Rev.Reverence]

I have Sudden Onset Panic Disorder. A panic attack causes you to feel like your having a heart attack not act like a drunken fool. If your having a panic attack, your not going to be doing much of anything except maybe freaking out that something's wrong and trying to get to your meds.

...not if the person is a self medicating alcoholic...

[Homicidalheathen]

ah the many uses of duct tape

i'd rather be taped than punched