Alaska Airlines Incident on FBI Radar, Flight Crew Restrains Screaming Passenger

The passengers and flight attendants involved in an in-air skirmish on an Alaska Airlines flight are now under a federal microscope … with the FBI looking to see if a crime was committed.

Viral video from an Alaska Airlines flight from Oakland to Portland shows a flight attendant repeatedly hitting a passenger in a window seat, telling the man to let go of the hair of the woman sitting in front of him.

The FBI branch in San Francisco tells us the Bureau “is aware of the incident and appropriate steps will be taken to determine if a violation of federal law has occurred.”

Alaska Airlines tells us the male passenger from the video “appeared to be experiencing a violent medical episode that involved an ongoing physical assault against other passengers and our crew.”