Alaska Airline Flight Performs Emergency Landing Mid-flight Due To Erring Passenger

On Thursday, an Alaska Airlines flight was forced to an emergency landing due to an irate passenger that allegedly threatened to enter the plane's cockpit.

According to initial reports, the passenger threatened the airline's personnel because he wasn't allowed to use the bathrooms in the first-class cabin.

Alaska Airlines Flight 411 landed on Kansas City around 4 pm following the "passenger disturbance." The unruly man was restrained until the plane could land, local authorities then arrested him and brought him to the nearest police station.

The company initially contradicted reports of the unruly passenger trying to enter the pilot's cabin. An Alaska Airline rep said that they "currently have no indication he attempted to breach the flight deck."

Last week, a similar incident happened on an American Airlines flight after a male passenger violently wreaked havoc midair. Flight 2408 was supposedly headed to Minneapolis when the unruly gentleman started to punch seats and yelled expletives at fellow passengers.

Witnesses even bared that he smoked cigarettes during the flight. Jim Dickey, a passenger of American Airlines Flight 2408, said that the pilot announced that the plane was being diverted to Denver.

The violent passenger was then taken by law enforcement and escorted out of the plane.

According to the numbers presented by the EU Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the number of cases of unruly passengers has increased by 34% last year.

In Europe, a flight is forced to perform an emergency landing once a month due to erring wayfarers. Although the number only accounts for a small percentage, the consequences of these people's behavior can be severe, especially for fellow travelers.

EASA stated that in "every 3 hours unruly passengers threaten your safety." The agency added that this is not just a problem for the crew but passengers as well.