Posted on 07/28/2011 8:28:07 AM PDT by rawhide
MIAMI -- Two brothers were arrested after police said they attacked a pilot at Miami International Airport on Wednesday night.
American Airlines Flight 1755 was about to take off from MIA to San Francisco International Airport when a flight attendant noticed that passenger Jonathan Baez, 27, was not wearing his seat belt. She tried to wake him up, but he was unresponsive so she called the pilot.
The pilot then decided to turn the plane around and head back to the gate. Once at the gate, the pilot and flight attendant both tried to wake Baez. He finally woke up and was told he needed to exit the plane.
While the pilot and flight attendants were escorting Baez off the plane, they claim his brother, Luis Baez, 29, said, "When you fly to San Juan, I will have you killed."
Both men exited the aircraft. But police said that moments later, Luis Baez reentered the plane and punched the pilot in the face.
A flight attendant stepped in and police said Luis Baez hit her on the shoulder.
Police said both brothers then attacked the pilot again in the jet bridge. They punched him several times and then chased him around the terminal.
The rest of the flight crew and even passengers from the flight came to the pilot's defense and subdued the brothers until police arrived.
The pilot suffered a large bruise and blurring in his eye. He also told police he is very fearful that Baez will follow through on his death threat.
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Nice. Hope they end up on the ‘No Fly’ list.
Where`s the TSA in this free-for-all? Just busy feeling up grandma?
They are will be using a rowboat to visit San Juan from now on.
I just watched Slapshot last night. These guys sound like modern day Hansen brothers.
Relatives of Joan Baez?
I’ll go out on a limb and venture they’re “undocumented” aliens, since nothing was said about their nationality.
Since when did it become socially acceptable to create a scene, curse and fight on planes? That behavior seems to be the norm now days.
Best advice, take them up to 7000 feet and help them exit the plane.
It's good to know that we can fly with peace of mind from threats even though it costs us "an arm and a leg" to guarantee such peace of mind.
Two Poorto Rican freedom fighters, parachute them into PR sans chute.
Gee, they look sad. Too bad, amigos. Too bad.
They don’t look ‘subdued’ enough. Both eyes swollen shut and a sideways nose would be more suitable.
More like Casey Anthony’s attorney Jose Baez.
Future reality TV stars.
Sleepy and Dopey. Where are the other five dwarfs?
Major league A.. holes.
Since they were on their way to Puerto Rico, and since one of them made a threat about having the pilot killed in PR (as if he knows his way around in that country), I'll venture a guess that they are both Puerto Rican. I hate to remind you, but Puerto Ricans are American citizens already. I don't think they need any "documentation" -- any more than you or I do.
I had 3 Puerto Rican brothers that worked for me from time to time. They had the same mother, but they had different fathers. They looked justlike these guys, and they were a problem from day one. Their step-father worked for us and got them the jobs. Then the step-father was called up by the natl. Guard and left for Iraq. The sons were such a problem that we finally had to let them go. They were highly emotional and irrationa; they threatened other workers and each other. Despite our promise to keep them working when their step-dad was deployed in the mid-east, we finally had to let them go.
take ‘em up to 30,000 feet and drop ‘em without chutes.
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