United Airlines passenger attacks a man mid-flight from SFO to Dulles – NBC Bay Area

A United Airlines flight from San Francisco International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport left passengers frightened when one of the travelers assaulted a deaf, nonverbal man who was asleep on the aircraft on Monday.

Sandhya Gupta, a witness to the incident, said the attacker was wearing a neon green jacket and started attacking the man seated in front of Gupta two hours into the non-stop flight.

According to an FBI affidavit, passenger Everett Nelson…