A Colorado man is facing federal charges after he refused to wear a mask while aboard an Alaska Airlines flight and urinated in the cockpit during an interaction with airline employees, according to a new report.
Police say Landon Grier, 24, of Canon City, hit a flight attendant who asked her to wear a mask while trying to sleep on the flight from Seattle to Denver, according to the Associated Press.
The FAA requires all domestic passengers traveling with American aircraft to wear a face mask at all times during the trip.
Later, another passenger called flight attendants back to Grier’s cabin area because he was urinating in the seat area.
Grier allegedly admitted that he drank before boarding the plane and told FBI investigators that he “woke up screaming at his flight attendants who told him he was peeing.”
“He said he did not remember hitting the flight attendant and did not know if he was peeing,” police said in a report of the incident.