Passengers on a United Airlines flight from Miami to Washington experienced several difficult hours. A passenger behaved erratically… because of hallucinogenic mushrooms.
The United Airlines flight almost turned into chaos. A few days ago, a passenger sowed terror departing from Miami. Sitting in seat 29C, Cherruy Loghan Sevilla experienced a very hectic flight. According to the seated father and daughter, the man was “out of his mind”. About an hour after the plane left, he grabbed the girl’s arm. And his erratic behavior continued unabated. He quickly started to “running down the aisle, clapping loudly near the cockpit and shouting obscenities”, an FBI agent wrote in a statement. Cherruy Loghan Sevilla also opened a locked bathroom while another passenger was inside and broke a “little piece of plastic” on the door
According to the police, he “also put his face close to those of the other passengers – looked at them and smiled at them” and refused the flight attendants’ requests to remain seated, preferring to lie on the ground. He would have attacked one of them. Other flight attendants and passengers, including a law enforcement officer who was on board, intervened to subdue the man. Arrested when his October 4 flight landed at Washington Dulles International Airport, he admitted to the police that he had consumed hallucinogenic mushrooms before getting into the device. When police and FBI agents entered the device, it “always shouted profanities and unintelligible sounds”.
The man was released
During an interview several hours later, Cherruy Loghan Sevilla admitted to consuming psilocybin, known as mushrooms. “hallucinogens”, at the Miami airport. He told FBI agents that this was not the first time he had taken the drug and apologized for his actions. He was released on October 5, and will have to go to a preliminary hearing in Alexandria, Va., for assault and interference with a flight crew. United issued a statement thanking its crew members. “who have this difficult situation with professionalism”. The airline also followed up with employees to make sure they were okay after the hectic flight.
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Cherruy Loghan Sevilla also opened a locked bathroom while another passenger was inside and broke a ‘small piece of plastic’ on the door
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Other flight attendants and passengers, including a law enforcement officer who was on board, intervened to subdue the man
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Arrested when his October 4 flight landed at Washington Dulles International Airport, he admitted to police that he consumed magic mushrooms before boarding the plane
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When police and FBI agents entered the device, it was still ‘screaming profanity and making unintelligible sounds’