According to Air Traffic Control recordings, the unruly passenger tried to open the door mid-flight and assaulted another passenger.
"He was scary," a witness said. "He started kicking profusely and started punching the window." Passengers on board restrained the man with zip ties and a shoelace.
Svetlana Dali was taken into custody in Buffalo, New York, on Monday. She cut off her ankle monitor and tried to sneak into Canada, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
Dali, who is accused of sneaking onto Delta Airlines flight DL264 at JFK without a boarding pass, was taken into custody in Buffalo, where she will appear in court before a federal magistrate Tuesday.
Police say the shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. on Sunday near Hegeman Avenue and Thomas S. Boyland Street.
Svetlana Dali, 57, has not entered a plea and was held in jail overnight ahead of her bail hearing on Friday.