Add The New York Post on Google The unruly American Airlines passenger duct-taped to his first-class seat over a hateful mid-flight meltdown was arrested within moments of the plane touching down, new footage showed.
Arthur Layne Lundeen, 67, was met by a swarm of police after his behavior forced the New Jersey-bound flight to divert to Baltimore on Sept. 3, with new footage obtained by TMZ showing officers surrounding him.
The cops ripped off the duct tape binding Lundeen by the arms, hands and head before hauling him off the flight within 20 minutes, witnesses told the outlet.
Arthur Layne Lundeen, 67, was arrested after the plane landed. Richard O'Lenick via Storyful Lundeen, an Arizona realtor, was restrained by passengers and flight crew after he suddenly went postal about two hours into the flight from Texas, allegedly screaming homophobic slurs and hurling the N-word at a black flight attendant.
And as the meltdown mounted he also allegedly began attacking passengers — including his seatmate, a religious author who said Lundeen suddenly snapped after they’d been pleasantly talking.
“I have never seen someone change in a split second from light to dark as I saw then, as if something had taken him over,” writer Jonathan Cahn said in a YouTube video Monday. “He went from the friendliest guy in the world to this dark person.”
Even Cahn wasn’t sure what caused Lundeen to snap, but he said it happened after showing his seatmate the cover of his newest novel and telling him about “the reality of the real power of God on Earth and in our lives.”
“It’s all bulls–t. Jesus is bulls–t,” Cahn said Lundeen began yelling — before he started hitting him and trying to snatch his laptop.
“The plane is in shock, the pilot is radioing the ground for an emergency landing. We’re fighting over my computer,” Cahn said.ccxcxxcxcccxccccccc
The fight escalated from there, with Lundeen allegedly screaming expletives and slurs at people who tried to intervene.
He was also filmed muttering about the size of people’s privates after finally being subdued.
Lundeen was fired from his job as an Arizona realtor after the vile midflight meltdown. LinkedIn “You have a little tiny d–k. You have a little tiny d–k. All you little f–king,” he said in one clip while waving his bound hands about.
It remains unclear if he Lundeen was intoxicated during the flight, but he seemed to be slurring his words in footage.
He was promptly fired from his realtor job after images from the altercation went viral.
Lundeen was also charged with misdemeanors for disorderly conduct and assault.
