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Airline Passenger Duct Taped To Seat
An airline crew used the handyman's best friend to restrain a passenger they say was drunk and violent.
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(November 6, 2008)—With an infinite number of possible uses for duct tape, there is one more way to employ the handyman's best friend.

An airline crew used duct tape to restrain a passenger they say was drunk and violent.

Maria Esther Castillo of New York State is due in court Thursday.

Castillo is charged with resisting arrest and interfering with operations aboard a United Airlines plane; the airline alleges Castillo hit a member of the crew and pulled a blind passenger's hair.

Officials say when Castillo slipped out of ankle cuffs crew members and passengers used duct tape to keep her in her seat.

The disruption also forced the pilot to make an unscheduled landing in North Carolina, en route from Puerto Rico to Chicago.
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