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>> This passenger violated no laws I'm willing to bet it wouldn't be too difficult to place charges of some sort on him. Not complying with police orders might

• tyingq 10y ago
  The law typically invoked here is "interfering with a flight crew": https://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-1411-interference-flight-crew-members-or-flight-attendants-49-usc https://www.justice.gov/usam/criminal-resource-manual-1411-i... I've never heard of trespass being used in this situation. Since he appeared to be reasonably passive, I suspect it would be difficult to charge him with anything. An aviation attorney commented about this and seemed to suggest it's very gray: http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/04/10/united-airlines-removed-flight/ http://denver.cbslocal.com/2017/04/10/united-airlines-remove...