Virginia man attacks flight attendants, tries to escape mid-flight

******** man ******* flight attendants, tries to escape mid-flight

It’s no secret that flying can often be a stressful experience. But one passenger on an airplane bound for ******* took this to the extreme.

The New York Post reports that Joseph Sharkey, 36 of Reston, ********, has been arrested and now faces a federal charge of ******* or intimidation of a flight crew, which according to a statement by U.S. Attorney A. Lee Bentley III, is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

Sharkey was on a *** Blue flight from Washington, D.C., to Jacksonville, ******* on Sunday when he put a fellow passenger into a headlock, said Bentley. When a flight attendant ordered him back to his seat, he proceeded to ******* the flight attendant and then tried to escape the plane mid-flight through an exit door. Sharkey then kneed another flight attendant in the groin before being subdued and put into flexicuffs by flights attendants and volunteers on the plane.

The plane landed safely in Jacksonville where Sharkey was escorted off the aircraft by local ******. He remained in ****** custody on Monday.






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