- Delta Air Lines passenger Ires Alves Pereira is accused of attacking staff in the brawl
- Pereira is a dual American/Brazilian citizen living in New York City
- Brooklyn federal court documents claim she was drinking on the flight
Pereira, 40, is a dual citizen of both the United States and Brazil living in New York
A passenger on a flight from Brazil to New York City was charged with assault in federal court in Brooklyn this week after a drunken kerfuffle allegedly led to her biting and punching flight attendants.
Ires Alves Pereira, 40, allegedly punched, kicked, and bit flight attendants on a Delta Air Lines flight en route to JFK Airport in New York during a boozy journey from Brazil on Monday.
A report from the New York Daily News states that she antagonized her cabinmate before hitting her neighbor as the fight spilled into the cabin’s aisle.
As flight attendants tried to break things up, Pereira attacked – which led passengers to restrain her.
Pereira, 40, was in taken into custody at JFK Airport and remained there until Wednesday following her in flight antics
Pereira was eventually restrained in her seat, but not before a man’s eyeglasses fell victim to the fight.
Three attendants were sent to a hospital after the plane landed.
Pereira was charged in federal court for her in-flight antics
Pereira, a resident of Manhattan, was released on $100,000 bond Wednesday
Pereira, a dual citizen of the United States and Brazil and a resident of Manhattan, was held in federal court in Brooklyn from Monday until Wednesday when she was released on $100,000 bond.
Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann ordered the accused to undergo evaluation and treatment for alcohol abuse as a condition of her release. Pereira got both her arraignment papers and luggage when she was released.