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Passenger Is Subdued After Rushing Toward Cockpit On United flight
Washington Post ^ | 3-17-2015 | Lori Aratani and Luz Lazo

Posted on 03/18/2015 6:50:05 AM PDT by Kaled

Donna Tellam was among the 33 passengers and six crew members aboard the Denver-bound flight that left Dulles about 10:15 p.m. She was relaxing in her seat in first class, playing a game on her phone, when a man came running down the aisle toward the cockpit.

He was waving his arms and yelling, she said.

The man, whom Tellam described as small and thin with dark hair, was clearly distressed. He kept saying that the plane "was going too slow, that it was going to fall... and all of us were going to die," Tellam said Tuesday, recounting the experience from her home in Boulder, Colo....

He made it to the area where flight attendants typically sit outside the cockpit before three men tackled him, she said.

Tellam also told her husband that the passenger was saying "jihadists" were on the plane, but authorities have offered no details on the incident....

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 3rthread; airtravel; freakout; lunatic; newsyesterday
The plane is "going too slow" and full of imaginary "jihadists".... Sounds like we've got a bond fide coo-koo!


1 posted on 03/18/2015 6:50:05 AM PDT by Kaled
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To: Kaled

The only disaster would be if ALL the passengers stopped believing the airplane is capable of flying, the mechanism that generates lift. Just one passenger losing confidence might only be responsible for no more than 100’ of altitude, IMHO.


2 posted on 03/18/2015 6:54:45 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: Kaled

Discovered he was flying on United.


3 posted on 03/18/2015 6:59:42 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: SkyDancer

‘Sardine can’ seating cut off the blood flow to his brain.


4 posted on 03/18/2015 8:27:05 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kaled

Some folks never think about what their last act will be.


5 posted on 03/18/2015 8:45:01 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: C210N

Sounds like a Gilligan’s Island episode.


6 posted on 03/18/2015 8:56:40 AM PDT by pas
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The amazing thing is just how stupid you have to be to raise that kind of ruckus on a plane these days -- the passengers might kill you if they think you're a terrorist.
7 posted on 03/18/2015 9:25:48 AM PDT by Kaled
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To: Kaled

No frequent flyer miles for you!


8 posted on 03/18/2015 9:26:46 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Kaled

Agree it appears that stupidity is growing now days.


9 posted on 03/19/2015 8:10:11 AM PDT by Vaduz
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