Real Life ‘Bridesmaids’ Moment Caused Vegas Bound Plane To Land After Passenger Fist Fight
Life imitated art when a Las Vegas-bound plane was forced to make an unplanned stop in New Orleans after a fist fight broke out. The Bridesmaid style scenario was allegedly sparked by an onboard fist fight between Fafane Daniel and an unnamed passenger, according to the Daily Mail.
The Southwest Airlines flight departed from Fort Lauderdale and made a brief pit stop at the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans. Fafane Daniel, 32, was allegedly behaving in an unruly manner, reportedly prompting the verbal altercation to turn physical. Fafane Daniel was charged with assault on a passenger and interfering with a flight crew.
It is not yet known if Daniel and the passenger she allegedly punched on Southwest Airlines flight 2509 knew one another; or if Fafane Daniel was truly on the way to Vegas for a bacherlorette party like in the Bridesmaids movie.
Although there was no “Air Marshal John” like in the hit Bridesmaids comedy, the Southwest Airlines flight 2509 staff was able to contain the situation quickly.
FBI Special Agent Kyle Hanrahan reports the plane continued on to its Las Vegas destination after Fafane Daniel was taken into custody.
“It was broken up by the flight crew and it was determined that Fafane Daniel was the person who needed to be arrested,” Agent Hanrahan told The Times Picayune.
Fafane Daniel is scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate. There were no injuries as a result of the Southwest Airlines Las Vegas flight delay. FBI agents noted during The Times Picayune interview that the cause of the fist fight will not likely be known until Fafane Daniel makes her court appearance.
