Plane passengers ties unruly man for trying to open the plane door mid-flight

Passengers on board a plane to Texas were forced to duct-tape a man who allegedly lunged at a female flight attendant and tried to open one of the aircraft’s doors mid-flight.

The unnamed man’s hands and feet were bound, and three passengers held him down for the last 30 minutes of the flight on Tuesday morning.

The incident took place on American Airlines flight 1915 from Milwaukee when the Canadian national allegedly approached a flight attendant and asked to open the cabin door while they were in flight.

The man grew more agitated when he was denied, according to the report issued by Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Department of Public Safety. He then rushed towards the door, striking the attendant as she tried to block it.

Several passengers, including Doug McCright, rushed to intercept the man and restrain him. Speaking to Fox 4, McCright said he had observed the exchange between the man and the attendant.

“I could tell that the conversation was not going very well,” he said, adding that the man had ignored the attendant’s multiple requests for him to return to his seat.

The man who rushed the door has not been charged with a crime, but was taken to hospital for a mental health evaluation following the incident. He has not been named by authorities.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.