Deranged Frontier Airlines passenger tries to jump out of plane mid-flight, causing emergency landing in Miami, wild video shows

Nypost · Jun 02, 2026 · 488 words · By Zoe Hussain

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Topics 2

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Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleWild video captured the moment brave Frontier Airlines passengers and crew detained a deranged passenger who tried to pry open exit doors and break into the pilot’s cabin during a harrowing mid-flight rampage — forcing the…

Common ground

Frontier Airlines Flight 3345 departed from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was headed to Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Sunday when a “passenger disturbance” was reported by crew members, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

Follow-up questions

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Flight attendants and other passengers on the plane reported spotting a crazed man trying to open the exit doors?
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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Flight attendants and other passengers on the plane reported spotting a crazed man trying to open the exit doors”

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Multiple reports confirm that a man attempted to open the aircraft's exit doors, citing both police and passenger reports.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of notable aircraft hijackings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim popu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Taquan Air is the operating name for Venture Travel, LLC, an American regional airline headquartered in Ketchikan, a city in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. It operates domestic …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taquan_Air

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Claim 2: “An off-duty flight attendant eventually volunteered to sit in the man’s row to help keep him in his seat”

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The evidence confirms a passenger choked an off-duty flight attendant, but the specific detail about the attendant volunteering to sit in the man's row to keep him in his seat is not explicitly detailed across multiple independent sources in the provided snippets.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... A Frontier Airlines flight heading to Chicago on Sunday had to divert to Miami International Airport because a passenger choked an off-duty ...
https://abc7news.com/post/frontier-passenger-chokes-off-duty…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 4, 2026 ... Josh Longgood of Chicago, that's him in the black jujitsu T shirt which is fitting because he's an instructor helped restrain the passenger who ...
https://www.facebook.com/abc7chicago/posts/chicagoan-restrai…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 3, 2026 ... With the assistance of a flight attendant, passengers used duct tape to restrain the man by taping his wrists and ankles and laying him on his ...
https://www.facebook.com/wesh2news/posts/police-say-a-disrup…

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Claim 3: “The flight landed safely just before 12 p.m. local time”

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One source (Twitter/X) mentions the plane landed safely, but the specific time 'just before 12 p.m. local time' is not corroborated by other provided evidence snippets.

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Claim 4: “when the off-duty attendant left to use the bathroom, the madman attempted to snatch his bag and choke him”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources confirm the passenger choked an off-duty flight attendant.

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · The meaning of DISRUPTIVE is disrupting or tending to disrupt some process, activity, condition, etc. : causing or tending to cause disruption. How to use disruptive in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disruptive

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web search NEUTRAL — DISRUPTIVE definition: 1. causing trouble and therefore stopping something from continuing as usual: 2. changing the…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/disrupti…

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web search NEUTRAL — Find 25 different ways to say DISRUPTIVE, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com.
https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/disruptive

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Claim 5: “Frontier Airlines Flight 3345 departed from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was headed to Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Sunday”

CORROBORATED

Multiple web search results from news sources confirm Frontier Airlines Flight 3345 was traveling from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Chicago O'Hare on a Sunday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of notable aircraft hijackings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings

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Claim 6: “the passenger... was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor count of battery”

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Claim 7: “one passenger, Josh Longood... leaping into action beside other fliers and flight attendants to hold down the shouting bearded man and tie his wrists with zip ties”

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Multiple sources confirm Josh Longood helped restrain the man using ties (referred to as zip ties or flex ties).

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... With the help of another passenger and zip ties from the flight attendants, Armentrout restrained the man until the plane could safely divert to ...
https://www.facebook.com/cnn/posts/after-a-passenger-on-a-fr…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... Josh Longood said he stepped in when the situation escalated, using his training to restrain the passenger until the aircraft could land safely.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZMttGdjtAC/

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 2, 2026 ... Fellow passenger Josh Longood, a 37-year-old former pro MMA fighter from Mansfield, Ohio, helped restrain the man using flex ties until the ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZF7DVtl-tP/?hl=en

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Claim 8: “the flight was diverted to Miami International Airport”

CORROBORATED

Multiple sources confirm the flight was diverted to Miami International Airport.

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Claim 9: “a “passenger disturbance” was reported by crew members, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement”

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Multiple sources explicitly state that the FAA issued a statement reporting a 'passenger disturbance' by the crew.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frontier Airlines, Inc., is an American ultra-low-cost airline headquartered in Denver, Colorado. It operates flights to over 120 destinations in the United States, the Caribbean, Mexico and Central A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_Airlines

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Spirit Airlines, Inc. is an American company which formerly operated as an ultra low cost airline, headquartered in Dania Beach, Florida. It operated scheduled flights throughout the United States, th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_Airlines

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United Airlines Flight 811 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, with intermediate stops at Honolulu and Auckland. On February 24, 1989, the Boeing 747 serving the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_811

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Claim 10: “Longood, a former professional MMA fighter and a current competitive Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt and medical device salesman”

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Multiple independent sources confirm Josh Longood's background as a former pro MMA fighter, BJJ black belt, and medical device salesman.

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web search NEUTRAL — A former MMA fighter says he came to the rescue after a plane passenger allegedly tried to open an exit door mid-flight.A medical device salesman by day, he is a competitive BJJ black belt and a forme…
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/frontier-flight-passen…

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web search NEUTRAL — Josh Longood is seen in this News Journal file photo after winning his Big Guns 15 MMA bout against Jeff Mack. Provided by News Journal archives. Longood was the right man for the job: He's a former p…
https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/state/2026/06/02/oh…

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web search NEUTRAL — A medical device salesman by trade, he is a competitive BJJ black belt and former MMA fighter - making him exactly the right individual to step in. He described how, as a light sleeper, he rapidly bec…
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/mma-fighter-save…

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Claim 11: “he tried to get into the pilot’s cabin, cops said”

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While the general disturbance is corroborated, the specific detail about attempting to enter the pilot's cabin is mentioned in the ABC7/CNN headline but not explicitly detailed in the other provided evidence snippets. The provided evidence for claim 3 specifically contains irrelevant mortgage information, but the evidence for claim 2 mentions the 'cockpit' in a headline.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of notable aircraft hijackings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 2, 2026 · Extra mortgage payments can save you money, but where they go matters. Learn whether paying down principal or adding to escrow makes more sense for your situation.
https://legalclarity.org/is-it-better-to-pay-extra-on-princi…

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Claim 12: “Frontier Airlines confirmed the incident in a statement to The Post, adding that the flight continued on its journey to Chicago a few hours after the disturbance”

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