The passenger was traveling with his sister, who said her brother told her before the violent outburst to “close her eyes and pray because Satan's disciple(s) had followed them onto the plane.”

No one was seriously hurt on the Monday night flight operated by Envoy Air, a regional carrier for American Airlines.

The man also kicked a flight attendant, an arrest affidavit said. He and his sister said they were traveling to Haiti to escape “religious attacks of a spiritual nature.”