A man has been federally charged after injuring a stewardess while trying to open the doors of a flight bound for DFW Airport midair, the Justice

A man who injured a flight attendant while trying to exit a plane during a mid-air flight from Milwaukee to Dallas has been identified and federally charged. Abdul-al-Jabbar Oloruntoba Olaiya, 29, faces charges of interfering with a flight crew through assault or intimidation under the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States,

An unruly passenger accused of trying to force open a plane door and injuring an attendant mid-flight last week – prompting fellow passengers to duct-tape him – has been charged in federal court, a federal prosecutor’s office said.

The man who tried to open a door on an American Airlines flight to Dallas last week will face the consequences in federal court. 29-year-old Abdul-al-Jabbar Olaiya has been charged with interfering with a flight crew by assault or intimidation.