Duct-taped passenger on AA flight to Las Vegas after alleged attack on crew

A passenger was duct-taped to her seat on an American Airlines flight to Las Vegas after she allegedly attacked a flight attendant and launched a profanity-filled tirade that frightened fellow travelers and prompted a federal arrest when the plane landed on Sept. 16, authorities said. The incident unfolded aboard Flight 2470, which had departed Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, and was connecting in Charlotte, North Carolina, before continuing to Harry Reid International Airport.

Court documents and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada say the passenger, identified as Ketty J. Dilone, walked up and down the aisle, shouted at crew and other passengers, and recorded the cabin despite repeated requests to stop. Flight attendants restrained her with plastic flex cuffs and, when those measures proved insufficient, secured her to her seat with duct tape after she allegedly kicked a flight attendant, causing the worker to fall, the documents said. Video shared on social media captured portions of the outburst, in which Dilone can be heard shouting, You do not know what the f I’ve been through, bitch, and Kill yourself, bitch.

Passengers volunteered to sit beside Dilone...