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SAN FRANCISCO - An American Airlines passenger was caught vaping in the bathroom of a San Francisco-bound flight , then accused a flight attendant of assault after he got busted.

Passenger claims he only took one hit

What we know:

Peter Nguyen recorded the Aug. 4 encounter between himself and a flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 2860 from Phoenix to San Francisco International Airport, which was a two-hour flight,

Nguyen told Storyful that he "only took one puff" of his vape before the flight attendant barged into the bathroom.

"I told her I was just using the bathroom and I apologized for vaping and I was recording," Nguyen said.

At the start of the nearly two-minute video, Nguyen is heard telling the flight attendant he was sitting on the toilet when she o

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