passenger allegedly struck a Frontier Airlines flight attendant with the intercom phone after being asked to leave the plane early Sunday morning.
The female passenger on Frontier Airlines Flight 708 “became belligerent onboard and was asked to deplane,” according to a statement by Frontier. “As she was deplaning, she picked up an intercom phone and struck a flight attendant with it.
The Tampa-bound flight from Denver International Airport took off after nearly four hours.


Officers with the Denver Police Department arrested her and charged her with assault. Police told USA TODAY the passenger was cited, released and booked on a flight home.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration's Unruly Passenger Statistics, there have been 670 reports to date in 2023. While there were 2,455 reports in 2022, the year 2021 fared the worst, with 5,973 reports.