Atlanta police officers removed a woman from a Delta Air Lines plane at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and arrested her after she allegedly threatened passengers and refused orders to exit.
Chandler Black’s dramatic exit from the Los Angeles-bound flight last week was captured on cellphone video obtained by Channel 2 Action News.
In the video, shot by another passenger, Black can be heard screaming that an officer intentionally stepped on her hair while removing her from the plane.
Police said seconds after Black boarded the plane, she started threatening passengers next to her and a flight attendant asked her to leave the plane 10 times.
Black started swinging at the flight attendant, according to the police report. When an officer went to hold Black back from the flight attendant, she threatened him.
“Thank God she didn’t have anything to harm anyone,” passenger Antonia Edwards told Channel 2. Still, that didn’t stop Black from trying to harm officers.
Witnesses told Channel 2 that officers only handcuffed Black when she tried to punch one of them and kick him.
Edwards and her mother Alisa Boyd told Channel 2 their weekend getaway to L.A. was stalled by Black’s drunken behavior. Boyd said she was chatting with loved ones on Facebook when Black got riled up.
“It kinda got bad with my live chat,” Boyd said. “I heard the cussing and I asked her to calm down for the sake of the children.”
Black refused to walk off the aircraft and was carried out by her arms and legs. She twisted her body to try to get away from police and continued her swear-filled rant from the plane to the patrol car.
Black was taken to the Clayton County Jail. She is charged with obstructing officers, public drunkenness and criminal trespass.
She was later released on bond, according to Channel 2.
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