New Delhi: An Indian origin man from New Jersey was arrested after allegedly attacking a fellow passenger during a violent mid-air brawl on a Frontier Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Miami on Monday night. Ishaan Sharma, 21, was taken into custody upon landing at Miami International Airport. He has been charged with battery.
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A video shot on a mobile phone shows Sharma and another passenger, Keanu Evans, exchanging blows as other passengers and a flight attendant attempt to break up the fight. Let him go, stop, let him go, a fellow passenger can be heard pleading, while a crew member tells them, Sir, you have to sit down.
Evans said that the altercation was unprovoked and began after Ishaan Sharma started behaving erratically and issuing death threats. He was doing some dark laugh, and he was saying things like You puny, mortal man, if you challenge me, it will result in your death.
Evans said he alerted the crew and was advised to press the assistance button if Sharma continued to act erratically. Moments later, Sharma allegedly confronted him again. He just got up, put his forehead on mine like he was challenging me, and then grabbed me by the throat and started choking me, Evans recalled. At that moment, it was fight or flight; all I could do was defend myself.
The judge, however, was not convinced. Miami Dade Circuit Judge Gerald Hubbart set Sharma’s bond at $500 and issued a stay-away order, barring him from contacting Evans or going near his school or workplace. I don’t want people to get the wrong idea about who I am, Evans said. I’m a good person. I recently got baptised. I wish I had been more firm in asking to be moved away from him.
