The 65-year-old Japanese man who assaulted a flight attendant aboard a flight to Honolulu from Tokyo has been fined $2,500. He pleaded guilty to the charge.
The AP reports:
“(Sohei) Yamanouchi hit the flight attendant once with an open hand and once with a closed fist after drinking four glasses of wine in business class during the Monday flight, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court.
After the meal service, the flight attendant was speaking to a passenger sitting behind Yamanouchi about a media player that wasn’t working. He then rose from his seat and struck the flight attendant on her left shoulder with an open palm, then punched the same shoulder, shook his fist at her in a “threatening manner,” and told her to “shut up” in English, the complaint said.
And here’s the kicker: According to reports, he was traveling to Hawaii to attend his son’s wedding in Waikiki.
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