Last week, a photo of an unruly Icelandair passenger who had to be restrained with duct tape and plastic ties on a flight from Reykjavik to JFK spread across the Internet faster than a bulldog hopping up stairs. Now, video has emerged of the aftermath of the drunken outburst, which shows Icelandair crew and passengers tying up 46-year-old duty free liquor enthusiast Gudmundur Karl Arthorsson. Warning: there is a lot of feeble moaning ahead.
Arthorsson had reportedly downed an entire bottle of hard liquor, as well as a variety of mini bottles, before he became verbally and physically abusive. “He tried to grope and strangle fellow passengers and they said absolutely not,” said Manhattan resident Andy Ellwood, who originally posted the photo sent by his friend who was on the flight. Arthorsson tried to “choke the woman next to him” and was “screaming the plane was going to crash,” other passengers had said.
After the plane landed, Arthorsson was transported to Jamaica Hospital where he was treated for alcohol poisoning. Police declined to prosecute him for his outburst, and so he made his merry way on to Jamaica, where he was originally headed, this weekend. Arthorsson works as a civil engineer in Trinidad and Tobago, and reportedly has a fiance down there.
A relative told the Post, "Gudmundur likes to drink, but his behavior has the family scratching their heads. He isn't a violent person. This was not normal behavior for him. I hope he is OK." So we bid adieu to Arthorsson one more time, and reiterate the cold-hard facts: you proved once and for all that duct tape can really solve any problem... except for mewling.
