Elderly Passenger Punches Teen Who Refused to Turn off iPhone on Flight

Russell Miller, 68, has been charged with misdemeanor battery for punching a 15-year-old teen in the arm onboard a Southwest Airlines flight who didn't to turn off his iPhone in preparation for landing.

Miller was arrested when the plane landed and told police he "felt he was protecting the entire plane and its occupants."

"He punched him so hard there was a mark on the teen's arm. That gave us probable cause to believe the reports from the other passengers," police Lt. Kent Lipple told Boise, Idaho's, KBOI2.

Should Miller be cheered or jeered?

Comments

[It's Duncan]

jeered...I'm tired of old people getting worked up about this kind of stuff. An iPhone is not going to crash a plane, I don't care what Bill O'Reily told you last night on Fox News.