Overview
- Selma Blair was restrained on board a Delta flight from Los Angeles to New York that landed on Sunday, Oct. 11, after crew reported she tried to open a cabin door and attacked flight attendants.
- Two flight attendants reported injuries, one was taken to hospital for evaluation, and recordings of pilot air‑traffic calls describe bleeding and bite marks on the scene.
- Port Authority officers arrested Blair at JFK, she was taken to a hospital for evaluation, received a federal citation for alleged in‑flight assaults and was arraigned on two state assault charges before being released on $20,000 bail.
- The FBI is investigating alleged offenses committed on the aircraft while Blair’s attorneys say she fell, hit her head, omitted doses of powerful neurologic medication and was suffering severe confusion.
- Blair publicly disclosed a 2018 multiple sclerosis diagnosis and had a similar 2016 in‑flight episode; the case could lead to state and federal prosecution and raises questions about how airlines and courts handle medical emergencies on planes.