Passenger taken down mid-flight screams she's being 'human trafficked'

15 November 2023 , 18:53

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A woman was caught on video shoving flight attendants and screaming, "I'm being human trafficked!" (Image: TIKTOK)

A TikTok video captured a bizarre moment on a Southwest flight as the plane's crew had to take down a woman as she stood screeching in the middle of the aisle.

The video shows a woman dressed in a black hoodie in the aisle of the aircraft, arguing with flight attendants who are trying to calm her down. She's seen screaming, "Get off, get the f*** off," as she shoves a stewardess.

Then, the woman turns her head and spots someone filming. She looks directly into the camera and starts screaming, "Get the f*** off me! I am being trafficked! I am being human trafficked! Leave me alone."

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Southwest Airlines had a hard time with a passenger who claimed she was being human trafficked (Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The crew began asking whether there "is someone who can help provide assistance," as the woman kept screaming. Then, crew members continued to swarm her and grab her arms, as the woman was pushing and assaulting the attendants. The woman kept screaming, "This is going to go on TikTok so I look crazy, but I am being human trafficked."

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The woman continued to scream as she was restrained and her hands put into cuffs. She got more wild as she was being held down. "If they have your family hostage don't believe it, they use f***ing emotional manipulation, this is not REAL!" she continued to shout.

As she's grabbed and security tries to pull her away and into a seat, she screams, "NOOOOOOO!" in a deep voice. The event reportedly took place on a Southwest Airlines flight to Kansas City.

There are currently no follow-up reports on what happened to the woman after the plane landed.

The trend of screaming on airplanes has taken off, as this woman is now joining the ranks of several others who were caught acting strange mid-flight. A few weeks ago, a viral video of a woman furiously screaming at the passenger behind her on an airplane about her reclined seat, demanding they stop kicking her, sparked an internet debate on plane etiquette.

In the video, a blonde woman is seen with her face screwed up in anger, turned around and screaming at the person behind her. "The whole trip, she pushed my seat. You've seen it. You know she did," she screamed. "I'm allowed to put my seat back," the woman repeatedly screamed.

A TikTok user called Graham Nancarrow was the first to upload the video, which went viral, but has since taken it down. Then it resurfaced on X, and went viral once again, gaining more than 2.7 million views.

Another famous video of a woman who also claimed 'this isn't real,' was caught as she frantically demanded to get off a plane and claimed a passenger sitting in the back of the aircraft was not real.

Footage shared on TikTok shows a woman seemingly in distress onboard an American Airlines flight departing from Dallas Fort Worth airport. “I’m telling you, I’m getting the f–k off and there’s a reason why I’m getting the f–k off and everyone can either believe it or they can not believe it,” the woman yells.

“I don’t give two f–ks, but I am telling you right now – that motherf–ker back there is NOT real.” The woman behind this video was 38-year-old Tiffany Gomas, who had to apologize and explain her emotional meltdown several times after her video went viral.

According to the US Bureau of Statistics, "The number of persons prosecuted for human trafficking increased from 729 in 2011 to 1,343 in 2020, an 84 percent increase. The number of persons convicted of a federal human trafficking offense increased from 2011 (464 persons) to 2019 (837 persons), before falling in 2020 (658 persons)."

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To report activity that you suspect is related to human trafficking in the US, please call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center's 24/7 hotline at 1-888-373-7888.

To report a suspicion in the UK, you can contact the Modern Slavery Helpline confidentially on 08000 121 700. This is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If you want to remain anonymous, you can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Yelena Mandenberg