Overview

• Peter “Kobe” Nguyen vaped in a locked lavatory on American Airlines flight 2860 from Phoenix to San Francisco, leading a flight attendant to force open the door after detecting vapor.
• Nguyen recorded the confrontation, accused the attendant of assault, falsely claimed to be a lawyer and threatened to post the footage to his 25,000 followers.
• Federal Aviation Administration regulations ban all smoking and vaping onboard commercial flights as a federal offense, with airlines relying on crew encounter reporting systems for enforcement.
• Upon landing at San Francisco International Airport, officers from the San Francisco Police Department met the flight and removed Nguyen for disruptive behavior.
• American Airlines apologized to customers, opened an internal investigation and is facing social media scrutiny as Nguyen denies blacklisting and issues a formal apology demand