Man pleads guilty to punching flight attendant as passenger plane was on its way to Florida
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A man accused of punching a flight attendant and threatening to blow up a Florida-bound plane has pleaded guilty.
The Palm Beach Post (http://tinyurl.com/nkl9atl) reports 29-year-old Alija Kucuk pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to interfering with a flight attendant.
Kucuk was on a JetBlue flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport in October when witnesses say he ran down the aisle, pushed two flight attendants and punched a third. The witnesses say Kucuk also threatened to blow up the plane.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kucuk, of Queens, New York, was also initially charged with threatening to destroy an aircraft. He declined to comment outside the courthouse.
His cousin has told reporters Kucuk had been going through a difficult time since his father was murdered a few years earlier.