PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — An Arizona man called a flight attendant a homophobic slur and attacked him with a phone on a flight to Phoenix, court documents say. It happened Friday on a Delta flight from Atlanta to Phoenix. Christopher Morgan was in first class and refused to pull up his seat and buckle up before takeoff. A flight attendant then pressed the seat button to place Morgan’s seat in the full, upright position.
During the flight, Morgan was served an alcoholic drink but was denied a second round. That’s when he called the flight attendant two homophobic insults and threw a glass of ice cream at him, federal agents said. The flight attendant then went to the gallery and used the airplane phone to tell the captain what had happened. Morgan then got out of his seat, grabbed the phone and hit the flight attendant in the chest with the phone, court documents say.
When the pilot landed the plane in Phoenix, Morgan was taken into custody and questioned by the FBI. According to court documents, Morgan admitted to being homophobic and admitted to using the slur. He denied hitting the flight attendant with the phone. He faces charges of obstructing flight crew members.
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