Duct-Tape Plane Passenger Breaks Silence — and Gives Unbelievable Excuse for Midflight Meltdown

The American Airlines passenger who had to be duct-taped to his seat after going berserk on a flight to Newark claimed he had no recollection of the mortifying mid-air incident a day after his arrest.

“I don’t remember any of what happened,” Layne Lundeen, 67, said as court proceedings in Annapolis, Maryland, got underway, according to The Banner in Baltimore, which obtained audio of his appearance.

“I assaulted a police officer? Is that what it says?” he reportedly said. “I don’t have my glasses.”

District Court Commissioner George Haag read the accusations against him, as Lundeen moaned, “Oh my God. What a mess. I don’t remember any of it.”

Lundeen’s alleged racist and homophobic tirade was so severe that fellow passengers had to restrain him with duct tape and zip-ties, and the flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Baltimore.

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