A woman broke one of the cardinal rules of flying when she lit up a cigarette on board a flight - much to the dismay of her fellow passengers . The woman , who appears to speak with an American accent has not been named , but was caught on camera smoking on an American Airlines flight from Nicaragua to Miami . And when fellow flyers flagged down a flight attendant to complain about her unruly behavior she blamed someone else for smoking and went on a bizarre rant . Smoking : The woman , who appears to speak with an American accent has not been named , but was caught on camera , pictured , smoking on a flight from Nicaragua . She shouted : 'The United States has declared war on Venezuela . Venezuela has been declared a national security threat . ' 'You 're a national security threat , ' a passenger remarked off camera . 'She 's gangster ' another passenger said laughing . Flight attendants warned the woman that the police would be waiting for her once the plane landed if she did n't calm down , according to The Daily Dot . So she yelled louder . She ranted : 'Venezuela previously owned the oil in Venezuela . My great hero Hugo Chavez nationalized the oil supply so that people with all of the oil ... not Exon Mobil would go away ! ' Bizarrely , she shouted : 'The people own the oil . ' Was n't me : When fellow flyers flagged down a flight attendant to complain about her unruly behavior she blamed someone else for smoking and went on a bizarre rant . Calm down : A flight attendant , right , warned the woman that the police would be waiting for her once the plane landed if she did n't calm down . According to an eyewitness , the woman added that U.S. President Barack Obama 'kills people on Tuesdays . ' After another warning by a flight attendant the woman protested : ' I know already the [ police are coming to take me off the aircraft . ] But before I 'm arrested I 'm going to say my peace . 'They already say they are arresting me so I 'm going to tell you more , ' she told passengers while unbuckling her seat belt and standing up . Rant : 'They already say they are arresting me so I 'm going to tell you more , ' she told passengers while unbuckling her seat belt and standing up . Her illegal deed was caught on camera by a flyer who then posted the video to YouTube and website Reddit . The redditor , with the user name 'upside down dog , ' alleged that he was on the same flight as the woman when he recorded her . He wrote : 'While the plane was waiting on the tarmac for the police to arrive , she leans over to me and asks for a cigarette . 'She pulls one out of her bag and lights up . This is the point where I pull eject and run to the back of the cabin . The police arrive after 20 minutes and escort her off the plane . 'She only had a single drink on the plane ( however , others told me she was pounding them back pretty hard in the terminal and she also was on prescription painkillers ) . 'The irony is that this sociology professor is focused mainly on women ’ s hysteria . Due to this , Customs was closed just long enough that me and most others on that flight missed our connection . Smoking has been strictly prohibited on almost all airlines since 1988 . Passengers found to be smoking on non-smoking flights can face a fine up to $ 5,000 and be arrested and detained upon landing .
The woman was caught on video speaking with an American accent . She has not been named but was filmed on a flight from Nicaragua . A flight attendant warned her police would arrest her so she goes on rant . She told fellow passengers 'Venezuela is a national security threat ' Passengers were heard joking 'No you 're the national security threat ! '