Heh...good luck with that pressurized cabin there, buddy.
Just another "non-event', folks, nothing to see here , move along.
Lemme guess, Amish?
Every time I see a story like this, half of me wants to say "let her go if she wants to".
Could someone drown in an airline toilet? Just curious...
"The passenger." Wonder if his name started with "M" or had an "al" or a "bin" in it?
"Let's roll."
These people should NEVER be allowed to fly commercial again!!!
Air Marshalls are on LOTS of planes...maybe ALL the planes....Thank you George Bush!!
Post 9-11, I can't think of a easier way to get your ass kicked than to start a commotion on a plane. Lord help the poor SOB that actually tries to hijack plane.
If terrorists are testing our response, good to see that passengers are no longer sheep.
On meds
On drugs
Off required meds
Stupid.
Doesn't seem like a terrorist kind of thing to do, to me.
(But that's just me).
Maybe we'll learn differently, but it sounds like a nut job to me.
I hope he has nice long in the hospital jail.
It's just another isolated incident! (sing along kiddies!)
Was it a liberal who saw the in flight movie The Path To 9/11?
Just another reason "Brokeback Mountain" should not be shown as an in-flight film...
Passenger who disrupted flight is incoherent in court appearance
LEESBURG, Va. (AP) -- A Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter who allegedly tried to open the emergency door on a cross-country flight may undergo a mental health evaluation after making incoherent statements Thursday during a court appearance.
Carlos Alberto de Oliveira, 43, of Porto Alegre, Brazil, spoke erratically in Portuguese during a brief hearing Thursday in Loudoun County General District Court. An interpreter was only able to convey some of de Oliveira's comments, which included multiple references to ransom and money.
Several members of the Brazilian press who attended the hearing and heard the entirety of de Oliveira's comments in Portuguese agreed that his statements were largely nonsensical. He made his initial court appearance through a video hookup from the county jail, which is standard procedure at the courthouse.
He had been scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday, but that hearing was postponed after authorities placed him in restraints and said he was being uncooperative.
De Oliveira is charged with interfering with an aircraft operation after passengers on a United Airlines flight Tuesday from Los Angeles to Washington Dulles International Airport subdued him.
Eyewitnesses said de Oliveira was acting strangely and throwing punches in the air for several minutes before reaching for the emergency door. A flight attendant yelled for help and several passengers wrestled him to the ground. An air marshal eventually took him into custody.
Public defender Lorie O'Donnell met briefly with de Oliveira after Thursday's hearing and said she will ask a judge to order a mental evaluation. A hearing is scheduled for Friday.
"His reality and ours don't seem to be meshing," she said.
Authorities said de Oliveira competes in jiu-jitsu competitions, and one of the passengers on the flight said de Oliveira was wearing jiu-jitsu patches and military-style clothing aboard the flight.
David Castelveter, a spokesman for the Air Transport Association, which represents most U.S. airlines, said it would be impossible to open an emergency door in mid-flight because of the differences in air pressure.