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<\/div>\nThe passenger has been identified as David Alan Burk, aged 61<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A Delta Airlines first-class passenger was arrested after he was accused of forcing himself on a male flight attendant\u00a0and kissing him on the neck, New York Post <\/a><\/em>reported.\u00a0The passenger has been identified\u00a0as David Alan Burk, aged 61, who was travelling from Minnesota to Alaska to settle his dead friend’s estate.<\/p>\n As a first-class passenger on the Delta Airlines flight, Mr Burk was entitled to drinks before his take-off from Minneapolis.\u00a0However, the crew member told him he ”ran out of time” to serve him red wine.\u00a0After takeoff, the flight attendant, identified as TC, served him\u00a0a glass of red wine.\u00a0When he returned later to collect meal trays from him, Mr Burk reached out to shake TC’s hand, according to an affidavit.<\/a><\/p>\n 10 minutes later, Mr Burk got up to use the restroom and stopped at the galley where TC was.<\/p>\n He told the male flight attendant that he was ”so beautiful’, before asking for a kiss. The attendant\u00a0replied, ”No, thank you,”\u00a0to which Burk then said, ”Okay, well on the neck then,” and then proceeded to grab him and plant a smooch on his neck, making him extremely ”uncomfortable.”\u00a0<\/p>\n ”TC never gave verbal consent or implicit consent to Burk to allow him to touch or kiss TC, or to make him think it was okay to do so,\u201d the affidavit says.<\/a><\/p>\n Due to the situation, the flight attendant had to move to the back of the plane for the rest of the six-hour journey.\u00a0\u00a0Later, he was informed by a separate flight attendant that the passenger\u00a0had damaged a tray that contained the food for the captain.\u00a0<\/p>\n He later\u00a0asked for two more glasses of red wine and became ”wasted”\u00a0before falling asleep, according to the affidavit.\u00a0<\/p>\n When the plane touched down in Anchorage, Mr Burk was taken into custody by Airport Police. Upon questioning, he\u00a0denied getting up to use the toilet, breaking a plate\u00a0and planting the unwanted kiss. He, however, acknowledged\u00a0drinking ”a lot” before the flight.<\/p>\n The unruly passenger further denied\u00a0consuming three glasses of red wine, saying he only drank the first one that TC served him and that he slept the rest of the flight.\u00a0<\/p>\n The passenger was ultimately charged with interfering with flight crew members and making false statements before being released on his own recognizance. He is due back in court on April 27.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n