SALT LAKE CITY — A man was charged in federal court last week after allegedly causing a ruckus for several hours on an international flight to Salt Lake City, and even spitting on fellow passengers.
Law enforcement at the Salt Lake City International Airport said they were alerted to an incoming flight with an “unruly and abusive” male passenger on board on Jan. 21.
Delta Airlines flight #57 had departed from Amsterdam, Netherlands, and was en route to Salt Lake City when the man’s actions caused a disturbance for several hours, concluding with him being restrained onboard the plane.
A passenger told police that the man, identified as 19-year-old Darnel Silver Collins, started causing a commotion just one hour into the 10-hour flight. He was “loud and disruptive” and was “tapping” other passengers, the witness said.
Collins, who is a Netherlands citizen and a resident of Arizona, reportedly escalated the behavior and began following a female passenger around. The passenger asked a flight attendant for help and ultimately pushed him away after he kept touching her.