The woman who melted down on an American Airlines flight out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in July, proclaiming “that motherf—r back there is not real” to fellow passengers, is a Texas marketing executive.
Tiffany Gomas of Dallas told police the rant came after an argument over wireless headphones, the New York Post reported on Monday.
Gomas declined to comment on the incident through a representative, the Post said.
The 38-year-old woman was kicked off the plane after her outburst, which she claimed began because her relatives had stolen her AirPods, the Post reported.
The incident led to hours of delays for other passengers, documents reviewed by the Post show.
“I’m getting the f—k off, and there’s a reason why I’m getting the f—k off,” she screamed on the plane, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.
Despite that, she had to be removed by staff, according to the police documents, per the Post.
Before heading toward the front of the plane, Gomas added a warning to passengers: “You can sit on this plane, and you can f—ing die with him or not. I’m not going to.”
The July 2 complaint obtained by the Post said Gomas claimed the aircraft was unsafe and said she did not want it to leave.
“Due to the statements, the flight attendants felt the aircraft needed to be rescreened. [The airline manager] explained that the passenger was denied boarding and they wanted her escorted to the public side,” the complaint says, according to the Post.
All the other passengers on Flight 1009 to Orlando were forced to get off the aircraft.
“TSA personnel arrived at the scene to conduct a full rescreening of the aircraft,” the paperwork said, according to the Post.
When officers arrived at the gate, Gomas was “distraught” and trying to get back onto the plane, the report said.
“[The airline manager] gave Gomes a verbal criminal trespass notice, explaining she was denied boarding and needed to depart the secure area,” investigators noted.
Gomas was taken to a non-secure area of DFW but attempted to go back through TSA screening and into the boarding area multiple times, the Post reported.
Police found Gomas down at the terminal, where she was waiting for an Uber.
She was given a ticket for criminal trespass, which she refused to sign, the Post reported. Gomas did not show police her ID, the complaint stated.
She was not arrested or taken into custody.
