by Gary Leff on July 3, 2023
Video posted to TikTok shows a woman ranting as she leaves an American Airlines flight prior to departure in Dallas, yelling that she needs off because there’s a passenger on board who “is not real.” And, she says, anyone that stays on board will die alongside that passenger.
A reposting of the original video is garnering millions of views under the hashtag #drunkonaplane although it doesn’t seem that the woman is drunk. The person sharing the video notes that,

• The entire aircraft was forced to deplane
  
• The woman wasn’t arrested
  
• Was allowed “back through security” after the incident, presumably being able to rebook onto a later flight

Shared by “texaskansasnnn” on Sunday, it’s not clear which flight this happened on. The claim is that this led to a three hour delay. There wasn’t an obvious good match while reviewing Dallas – Wichita segments, although perhaps some of you will sleuth the possibilities. Sussing out the aircraft tail number would be interesting. Maybe it’s haunted!
Here’s what happened, though note that the video’s language is very much not safe for work and is not even safe for work from home. If you have family around for the 4th of July holiday, it’s likely not safe for them either:

I’m not sure what to say about this American Airlines passenger thinking it’s someone else that is a hallucination.
In Fight Club Tyler Durden isn’t real. Neither is Snuffleupagus in Sesame Street – at least until the producers decided to make him visible to everyone on the show and not just Big Bird. Perhaps that’s what this woman is hoping for here, an imaginary character that suddenly everyone else can see to prove that she’s sane.
In literature, imaginary characters are often used to highlight an internal conflict of the character envisioning them, or to show that character’s psychological challenges. Ironically, this device seems to be used on American Airlines flights to accomplish this as well.
(HT: Live And Let’s Fly)
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The voices in my head tell me she’s nuts. But then so is rebooking her.
Mental illness and/or drug use. Shame on you for exploiting this woman for clicks.
#NotDrunkButStupid
#WhyTolerated?
#NeedsASlapIntheFacetoShutUp
TLU might want to reread the Constitution, which has some thoughts on cruel and unusual punishments such as slaps to the face.
She sees dead people
Slow down on those edibles, people!
You crossed well over the line of good taste here. The woman is obviously experiencing some mental illness episode.
@Christian
It’s obvious to educated people like you and me; overall awareness of mental health is low in the population.
In any case, yes, poor taste and this post ought to be deleted.
I also doubt it is coincidence that the thumbnail image for this post is centered where it is.
Maybe it was Don Repo or Bob Loft from Flight 401
@Alison
This site is not “exploiting” the woman in this video. People behaving inappropriately on commercial aircraft is a news event. If someone behaves inappropriately in public, whether they suffer from mental illness or not, is newsworthy.
In addition, when learning about a news story, if there is video of the event, I want to have the opportunity to watch it.
Exploiting her?
Too bad. She’s out in public. Why did her family/friends/doctor let her out?
After a Final Destination marathon with my daughter I would have exited the plane immediately.
Could be a drug reaction.
@alison
130-150+ people were delayed over 3 hours EACH because of this loon, plus the impact to other flights with this plane. How is anyone else but this nut the problem? Nonsense, and people need to start being held accountable for their own actions.
Still needed a slap in the face to shut her up from throwing the F word around, children were likely forced to listen to her rant.
Booze, drugs, illness, bad childhood, hundreds of years of oppression, religion, Bruce Willis, being born the wrong or any sex, her family, doctors, etc – what other excuses can we make for her odd behavior that she’s not held responsible for?
Schizophrenic off her meds.
I wonder what flight the ghost rebooked on
I was on that flight. 4 rows above her and 5 rows behind the person who took this video. She definitely was not drunk. Spooked about something for sure. No one knows who she was referring to though. It’d probably be best to reach out to the airport to find out specifics. AA flight 1009.
Flight 1009 Carrot Top was also a passenger on the plane.
Has the video been deleted?
Why really flight attender check on there.
Original video removed from TikTok, embedded a different copy into the post.
She was brought to the cockpit to blow up the autopilot
Roger, Over
Did anyone else notice how the baseball cap-wearing guy sitting in the forward cabin aisle seat seemed to be checking out the deplaning passenger’s butt in the video?
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