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American attendant disrupts flight to Chicago (terror?)
Chicago Tribune ^ | March 9, 2012 | Gregory Karp and Ashley Rueff

Posted on 03/09/2012 2:14:20 PM PST by wtd

Raw Video (2): An American Airlines flight attendant disrupted a flight Friday morning as it was about to take off from Dallas Fort/Worth en route to Chicago, saying over the aircraft intercom system that the plane was going to crash, alluding to 9/11 terrorist attacks and ranting about the airline's bankruptcy reorganization, passengers said.

Passengers ended up restraining the flight attendant in the plane cabin until airport police arrived.

Two flight attendants were injured in the incident and were taken to a local hospital. No passengers were injured, and they were never in danger, an airline spokeswoman said.

The flight attendant who caused the commotion continued to scream as she was handcuffed by police and placed into a police car, passengers on the flight told the Tribune after they exited the plane at Chicago O'Hare.

"I will never get that sound of her screaming out of my head," said Bethany Christakos of Plano, Texas. "It took a good 10 minutes, it felt like, to get her off of the plane."

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


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KEYWORDS: flightattendant; plane; terrorism
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Heard about this on a break during a news break for the Hannity radio Show. You can hear the stewardess' distress on the raw video. Passengers filming the event appear amused while the restrained stewardess screams, & struggles as she was pinned down near cockpit.
1 posted on 03/09/2012 2:14:28 PM PST by wtd
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To: wtd

No, just off her meds.


2 posted on 03/09/2012 2:15:04 PM PST by Not A Snowbird (Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface)
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To: wtd

I’ll bet she never has to be a stewardess again.


3 posted on 03/09/2012 2:17:09 PM PST by Ron C.
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To: wtd

Since she’s in a union she’ll probably be suspended with pay until a disciplinary hearing can be held. She could even be fired some time in the next two years.


4 posted on 03/09/2012 2:18:26 PM PST by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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Passengers ended up restraining the flight attendant in the plane cabin until airport police arrived.

Coffee...Tea....or die a horrible death??

5 posted on 03/09/2012 2:23:20 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: EGPWS

Just another one of many reasons why I never plan to board an airplane again.

If I can’t fly there, I won’t go there. I’ve visited all of the foreign countries that I had an interest in visiting.


7 posted on 03/09/2012 2:26:52 PM PST by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: wtd

Must have gone through the TSA screening one too many times!


8 posted on 03/09/2012 2:27:16 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (There's a pill for just about everything ... except stupid!)
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To: wtd

The AA reorg’s effect on her retirement plans might have shredded the lady’s impulse control. Stuff like this usually happens for a reason.


9 posted on 03/09/2012 2:27:26 PM PST by Bedford Forrest (Roger, Contact, Judy, Out. Fox One. Splash one.<I>)
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To: wtd

Gads! On the video, she sounds demon-possessed, the way she’s screaming.


10 posted on 03/09/2012 2:29:26 PM PST by WXRGina (Further up and further in!)
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To: wtd

The stewardess claimed to be bipolar, and that makes sense to me. It also makes sense to me that she should lose her job. She’s a threat to the safety of the plane and passengers.


11 posted on 03/09/2012 2:35:41 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: F15Eagle

Sounds like a psychotic break, exactly like my youngest son had when he came home in a panic, absolutely convinced every car on the freeway was a terrorist trying to kill him. He had previously been diagnosed with BiPolar disorder, but has since been changed to Schizoaffective disorder. Sometimes the Meds quit working by the way. So far his are still keeping him on an even keel, knock on wood.


12 posted on 03/09/2012 2:37:47 PM PST by JaguarXKE
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To: wtd
ABCNews video & report Greg Lozano, a passenger on the flight, told ABC News, "The last thing she said [before they took the mic from her] was 'hey pilot, I'm not going to be responsible for your crash.'"
13 posted on 03/09/2012 2:39:19 PM PST by wtd
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HOLY SH— BATMAN, She did sound possesed. Never heard a scream like that on a person. Even on a drunk one in the hospital er that I work at. Poor lady..


14 posted on 03/09/2012 2:40:51 PM PST by crazydad
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To: wtd
American Airlines used to be the epitome of excellence. Then Obama was elected president.
15 posted on 03/09/2012 2:42:40 PM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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Inside American Airlines Flight 2332 via CBS Local

Passenger Laurie Grabe provided this video to CNN of the disturbance on a Texas-to-Chicago flight.

16 posted on 03/09/2012 2:42:54 PM PST by wtd
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To: Ron C.

“I’ll bet she never has to be a stewardess again.”

She’ll be a senior TSA agent by morning.


17 posted on 03/09/2012 2:44:29 PM PST by CodeToad (NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!!!)
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To: wtd

"Calm down....get ahold of yourself."

18 posted on 03/09/2012 2:47:27 PM PST by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: basil
If I can’t fly there, I won’t go there.

??????? How are you getting to the grocery store?

19 posted on 03/09/2012 2:48:33 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (The only solution to this primary is a shoot out! Last person standing picks the candidate)
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To: ElkGroveDan

It was a union protest.


20 posted on 03/09/2012 2:50:48 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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