The man would have bitten another passenger and assaulted others on the landing of the plane at Lax

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Faa and law enforcement are investigating after a passenger attacked a number of people on a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles on Monday.

Shortly after the Delta 501 flight landed at Lax, the staff on board reported that an adult man was restricted after biting a passenger and hitting others, according to the Fire Department at and the Transport Security Administration.

An ambulance took the restricted man to the hospital for a psychological evaluation and returned later to examine a passenger that he injured, LaFD said.

“Delta has zero tolerance for uneasy behavior and will work with the law enforcement authorities,” the Airline Company spokesman, Samantha Moore Factau, told CNN.

It is not clear what happened after this passenger was taken to the hospital, but could cope with criminal or civil punishments.

Over 2,100 reports on restless passengers were registered by the Federal Aviation Administration in 2024, According to the figures on the website of the agency. Over 300 such incidents have been registered until this year.

Some incidents can lead to criminal prosecution for criminal charges.

“FAA follows legal application actions against any passenger attacking, threatening, intimidating or interfering with air crew members and can propose civil sanctions up to $ 37,000 for violation,” FAA said in a statement.

The unhappy behavior of the passengers reached a record level during the pandemic in 2021, with almost 6,000 incidents were registered in that year.