“Sit down Karen” FBI investigating woman who assaulted an elderly passenger for not wearing mask on flight while eating

DOJ Press

ATLANTA, GA –  Patricia Cornwall, an uruly passenger on a Delta Airlines flight from Houston to Atlanta was taken into custody when the plane landed after she assaulted an elderly man for not wearing a facemask.

The woman, who was maskless throughout the confrontation told the man to wear his facemask while he was eating during the flight.

“I’m eating!” the man replied to Cornwall.


“Put you’re f-cking mask on! Who invited you?” Cornwall yelled at the man. “Stand your ass up!”

“Sit down Karen!” the man replied. “You’re a goddamn Karen…sit down.”

The woman kept telling the man to mask up and after he called her a bitch, she attacked him and spit on him.

“You’re going to jail, sit down Karen,” he replied.

She continued screaming, “Put your f-cking mask on.”

The woman was taken into custody by Atlanta police officer once the plane landed but it is unknown if she had been charged for the mid-air assault. She was later transferred to FBI custody.

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