Man accused of punching attendant after trying to enter cockpit on Seattle flight – KIRO 7 News Seattle

SEATTLE – A federal grand jury this week indicted a Hawaiian man on two federal crimes for allegedly slapping a flight attendant and trying to open the cockpit door while on a flight to Seattle last year.

According to the records and public reports filed in the case, Ryan Cajimat, 21, of Kapolei was on a Delta Airlines flight from Honolulu to Seattle on December 24, 2020 when he got messy.

Records state that about two hours before landing in Seattle, Cajimat tried to open the cockpit door and struggled with flight attendants trying to hold him back. A flight attendant was slapped twice in the face.

Cajimat was detained for the remainder of the flight and removed from the aircraft upon landing at Sea-Tac.

The Federal Aviation Administration fined him $ 52,500 and Delta Airlines banned him from traveling on the airline.

Cajimat has been charged with disturbing flight crew members and attendants as well as assaulting within a special United States aircraft jurisdiction.

Interference can result in up to 20 years in prison and a fine of US $ 250,000. Attacking an airplane can result in up to a year in prison and a fine of $ 100,000.

The case has been investigated by the FBI and is being prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Natalie Walton-Anderson.

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