An alarming video has gone viral on social media after it captured the terrifying moments aboard an Alaska Airlines flight bound for Portland, Oregon from Oakland, California when a male flight attendant had to physically subdue an elderly male passenger who attacked a young woman seated in front of him by pulling and yanking her hair as hard as he could.

Chaos erupted onboard Alaska Airlines Flight 2221 from Oakland to Portland on February 1, when a male passenger experiencing a "violent medical episode" attacked a female passenger, prompting a flight attendant to intervene. The incident caused panic among passengers.

A viral video caught the moment a flight attendant had to restrain a screaming passenger who was having a “violent medical episode” while latching onto a woman’s hair. The incident occurred on a domestic US flight from Oakland,