A 38-year-old Dallas marketing executive has been identified as the lady responsible for the shocking “that motherf***er back there is not real” viral mid-flight meltdown.
Tiffany Gomas reportedly informed police that she had gotten into a fight with the family members she was traveling with. According to a police report, the Dallas resident claimed that her relatives had taken her Airpods.
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The viral incident took place on Flight 1009 from Fort Worth to Orlando, Florida, on July 2. Gomas started claiming the jet was unsafe and would not reach its destination after she said her relatives had taken her AirPods.
As reported by journalist Bree A. Dail, according to official documents, she was not willing to leave the aircraft and had to be removed by the American Airlines crew after losing control.
The police document said, “The female then started claiming the aircraft was not safe and did not want the aircraft to leave due to her believing it would not make it to its destination.”
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“Due to the statements the flight attendants felt the aircraft needed to be rescreened. [The airline manager] explained that the passenger was denied boarding and they wanted her escorted to the public side.”
The marketing executive was recognized as a “rising star” while serving as Vice President of Client Services at Elevate Brand Marketing in 2017. According to public records, she is an Oklahoma State University alumna and lives in a $2 million property in the Lakewood suburb. Gomes founded Uppercut Marketing, a marketing company in Dallas.
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Americans were quite curious about Gomas’ outburst during her meltdown, which led to a huge amount of online interest in the incident. She appeared to be in panic on the plane in the video posted to TikTok, screaming about someone who “wasn’t real.”