A British man who wreaked havoc on a United Airlines flight, forcing the flight crew to divert their landing location, must pay over $20,000 to the airline, prosecutors announced.
The charges stem from a March 1 flight that departed from London, when passenger Alexander Michael Dominic MacDonald, 30, “began arguing with his traveling companion and causing a disturbance,” according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“When flight attendants asked MacDonald to be quiet and attempted to calm him, he became belligerent, threatening and intimidating towards them,” prosecutors said.
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Despite an international purser onboard the flight attempting to intervene, MacDonald continued to be “belligerent and intimidating” toward the official as well, according to prosecutors.
In the release, DOJ noted that MacDonald threatened to “mess up the plane” amid the altercation.
