The photo of Arthur Lundeen duct-taped to his seat after his violent and racist outburst on a plane went viral.
The man whose photo on an American Airlines flight went viral as he was duct-taped to the seat by the crew and the other passengers has been identified as 67-year-old Arizonan Arthur Lundeen. Lundeen was identified by Maryland Transportation Authority Police as the passenger at the centre of the September 3 incident aboard American Airlines Flight 618. Lundeen was released on bond on September 4, according to reports, and is scheduled to appear in court again on October 19.
Lundeen is from Tucson, Arizona, according to Maryland court records cited in reports. He was arrested after an American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Newark was diverted to Baltimore when he allegedly became violent, hurled racist and anti-LGBTQ slurs, and attacked people on board. The video of how he was brought under control and the photos of Lundeen taped to the seat went viral. The flight was travelling from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Texas to Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey when the disturbance broke out. The aircraft was diverted to Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, where police boarded the plane and arrested Lundeen after it landed. He has been charged in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct.