NC woman allegedly assaults air marshal, 'I'm Palestinian'

A North Carolina woman on Saturday who apparently was drinking vodka to the point of intoxication, said she wanted to "stab everyone on the plane" and then commit suicide. She was also charged with assaulting an air marshal after he tried to stop her from entering the United Airline's toilet with a lighter.

Flight attendants aboard the jet from Frankfurt, Germany, said they were alerted that a flight lavatory smoke detector had been activated while in the air and found Dana Ghazi Mustafa in the bathroom. They told her that smoking on board the aircraft is prohibited by federal regulations and asked her to return to her seat, which she did, according to court documents.

After she returned to her seat, Mustafa, 27, was observed crying and told flight attendants that she was flying home to see her family but that they had died in a car accident caused by a drunk driver. Flight attendants then moved her to another seat to make her more comfortable.

When she was in her reassigned seat, she allegedly punched the TV monitor on the seatback in front of hers and threw a coin at the bulkhead.

Once again, she was seen getting up and walking to the rear cabin while striking the flint of her lighter.

A federal air marshal aboard the plane who saw Mustafa with the lighter said in a sworn affidavit that she smelled of alcohol.

Flight attendants tried to stop Mustafa from entering the lavatory with the lighter, but she pushed the attendants and tried to shut the door. She also fought against two air marshals who tried to restrain her and handcuff her while she repeatedly kicked on of them in the shins.

She was soon handcuffed and seated next to the air marshals who found a half-empty liter of vodka visible at the top of her open bag and said Mustafa complained that "I was allowed to drink my duty-free bottle of vodka on my previous flight."

Mustafa also threatened to stab the air marshal and said: "I'm going to stab everyone on the plane then kill myself. I'm Palestinian! That's how we get down," according to court documents.

That's how they roll!

When the plane landed in Virginia, FBI agents arrested Mustafa, who admitted that she lied about her family's death.

Mustafa is charged with assaulting a federal officer and faces a maximum penalty of eight years in prison if convicted.

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