Video shows 'disruptive' passenger kicking seat, smashing tray on United Airlines flight

An unruly passenger on a Los Angeles-bound United Airlines flight experienced a violent outburst during which he smashed up a plastic tray and repeatedly kicked a seat until other travelers intervened to contain the situation. The incident took place on United Airlines Flight 502 from Austin, Texas to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Nov. 16 with 76 passengers and five crew members on board, the airline said in a statement to USA TODAY Wednesday. Video recorded by another passenger shows the man standing on a seat and repeatedly kicking the back of a seat and wrecking the plastic tray table. Gino Galofaro, who captured the incident on camera, told L.A. TV station KABC he and other passengers got together to restrain the man after they saw "the flight attendant walk by and do nothing." "I took that video really quick, and I watched the flight attendant walk by and do nothing," Galofaro told KABC. "Nobody on the plane was doing anything. So, I got up and proceeded to restrain him. Two other bystanders were getting zip ties from the flight attendant." "We had to restrain him with zip ties and then seat belt him to the seat," he added.<br/>