{"id":893201,"date":"2026-09-12T16:44:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T16:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/893201\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T16:44:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T16:44:18","slug":"two-men-handcuffed-to-seats-after-allegedly-threatening-passengers-on-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/893201\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Men Handcuffed to Seats After Allegedly Threatening Passengers on Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Qatar Airways<br \/>\n                          Men Handcuffed Midair After Claiming They Had a Gun<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              September 12, 2026<br \/>\n                            6:20 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260912_73213eed01844ff9b85f9239e23313d7\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:264d47b3-04f6-4269-95e3-96445a8d0fe1\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/73213eed01844ff9b85f9239e23313d7_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-qatar-airways-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two men were reportedly handcuffed to their seats after allegedly making violent threats &#8230; including allegedly claiming they had a gun during a flight from Australia to Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n<p>The incident unfolded Friday aboard Qatar Airways flight VA7, which departed Melbourne bound for Doha. Witnesses told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/australia-news\/vic\/melbourne-virgin-australia-qatar-airways-passengers-restrained-over-threats-20260912-p60wrz.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Australian outlets<\/a> the men appeared agitated shortly after boarding &#8230; repeatedly getting in and out of their seats, moving through the cabin and rummaging through their luggage.<\/p>\n<p>The situation reportedly escalated about six hours before landing, when the men allegedly began fighting and threatening passengers and crew members.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Video posted online shows flight attendants struggling to restrain the men during what witnesses described as a terrifying ordeal. One passenger claimed the men were spitting on and headbutting crew members &#8230; with at least six people needed to restrain each man.<\/p>\n<p>Qatar Airways confirmed two male passengers were involved in a physical altercation aboard the flight. The airline says both men were restrained and arrested upon arrival after the plane landed in Doha.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260904_f2825ba08e114be186b2a1fd21cbd6f9\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:264d47b3-04f6-4269-95e3-96445a8d0fe1\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/f2825ba08e114be186b2a1fd21cbd6f9_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-American-Airlines-passenger-tmz-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The incident comes after a separate unruly passenger was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/04\/man-gets-duct-taped-on-american-airlines-flight\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">duct-taped to his seat<\/a> on an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Newark last week. The plane was diverted after the man allegedly screamed racial and anti gay slurs, struck a fellow passenger, and pushed a woman. He was taken into custody after landing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Qatar Airways Men Handcuffed Midair After Claiming They Had a Gun Published September 12, 2026 6:20 AM PDT&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-893201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}