A Florida man is accused of attacking a sleeping airline passenger mid-flight.
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The FAA is investigating what they are calling a brutal assault.
The incident happened two hours into a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Washington D.C.
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Officials said passenger Everett Nelson left his seat and began attacking a sleeping man without warning.
“I was woken up by the most horrific screaming that I have heard,” said passenger Sandhya Gupta. “He was just rapid fire, just punching, pummeling very violently, this man in the face.”
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Nelson was restrained until the plane landed safely.
United Airlines confirms paramedics and police were waiting at the gate.
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