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The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a passenger flying from Atlanta to Phoenix April 22 after the man, who was traveling first class, allegedly unleashed a tirade using homophobic epithets and assaulted a male flight attendant who refused to serve him more alcohol.
According to the FBI affidavit unsealed April 25, Christopher Alexander Morgan screamed at the attendant calling him a “fag” and a “queer” then threw a glass of ice at him before finally assaulting him with an onboard telephone, according to the Daily Beast who first obtained the FBI affidavit.
The incident occurred aboard Delta Air Lines flight 2908 when Morgan allegedly became uncooperative with flight attendants even before the plane took off.
He “reclined his (1D) seat all the way back and refused to put on his seatbelt,” according to the outlet, which cited the FBI affidavit.
Two flight attendants told him to bring his seatback to the upright position for takeoff, but he refused and then became “uncooperative and would not comply with their instructions,” the affidavit states.
He later ordered and received an alcoholic drink, but was angered when a flight attendant – cited as “H.D.” — offered him a nonalcoholic beverage when he ordered another one, according to the document.
“Morgan called H.D. the f-word and a ‘queer’ and threw a glass of ice at H.D.,” the affidavit states.
“When passenger R.O., who was sitting in seat 2G, said something to Morgan to deescalate Morgan’s display of aggression, Morgan became angry with the passenger R.O. and held the glass he was holding up to R.O.’s face,” it continues.
The flight attendant then went to inform the captain about what Morgan was doing.
“According to H.D., Morgan then got out of his seat, grabbed the telephone from H.D., and hit H.D. in the chest with the telephone,” the affidavit continues. “Passenger R.O. reported that he heard Morgan call H.D. a ‘fag’ and that he observed Morgan take the airplane phone from H.D. and throw it at him.”
Morgan was arrested upon arrival at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and is facing charges of interference with flight crew members or attendants, a felony which carries up to 20 years in prison.
