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Flight Grounded At Dulles After Unruly Passenger Charges Toward Cockpit
DCist ^ | Mar 17, 2015 9:40 am | Matt Cohen

Posted on 03/17/2015 9:03:36 AM PDT by glorgau

A Denver-bound United Airlines flight had to turn back and return to Dulles International Airport after an unruly passenger allegedly charged toward the cockpit.

According to multiple reports, the passenger was subdued by several passengers near first class before he made it to the cockpit, the Post reports. A Reddit user whose father was on the plane posted pictures and a video of the incident and says that the passenger in question "was screaming and sprinting towards the cockpit" before he was tackled and subdued by "several large passengers."

A government official with "direct knowledge of the incident" told CNN that the passenger was screaming "jihad, jihad" while charged toward the cockpit. The plane, which returned to Dulles shortly after it took off at 10:15 last night, had 33 passengers and six crew members on board.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Colorado; US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: cockpit; denver; dulles; jihad; newsyesterday; passenger; united; unitedairlines
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To: PROCON
Love that gif.

Needs a resemblance of either commander Xero or Josh Ernest.

21 posted on 03/17/2015 9:24:35 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: SandRat

Will that be Lava or Dial Soap?

I prefer Lava Soap. Much denser....


22 posted on 03/17/2015 9:25:39 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: oh8eleven

“I saw this story on two news stations this morning but they neglected to mention that.”

When Fox News reported it, the “jihad” issue was clearly pointed out.


23 posted on 03/17/2015 9:26:52 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: SandRat
Let me gab my bunk adapter.

Take a look in the kitchen area where the food cars are stowed....there is a 6 inch triangular aluminum latch that pivots down to retain the cart in place...

just a 3/16 Allen screw and that puppy comes off...

made for the job for pacifying a miscreant passenger...

just sayin...

24 posted on 03/17/2015 9:29:01 AM PDT by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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To: Vendome

Spontaneous clogging comes to mind...the Jihadi/Aisle Stomp...


25 posted on 03/17/2015 9:30:09 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: glorgau

Time to start groping more grandmas and vets.


26 posted on 03/17/2015 9:31:23 AM PDT by matt04
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To: BenLurkin

“Maybe it was another sociology professor.”

If the video is in deed of this incident, then, yes, it’s a whiny, cry-baby, apologetic, drunken, sociology professor, or at least a sociology student.

The best line was from one of the guys that tackled him. “Don’t worry, David. We’re gonna get you some help.”


27 posted on 03/17/2015 9:32:16 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: Uncle Miltie

” ... you don’t believe it, then you’d better kill me now, because I’ll put a jihad on you, too.”


28 posted on 03/17/2015 9:33:34 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Alex Murphy

“I don’t think I’ve been on a commercial flight in the last decade that had so few passengers.”

Me neither. And the plane was a B737, that could have held at least tour times as many pax. I am smelling a rat in this story.


29 posted on 03/17/2015 9:38:50 AM PDT by starvosan
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To: starvosan

True - I saw another poster take note of that as well - made a note to self to stop flying theose Delta cattle cars.

:-)


30 posted on 03/17/2015 9:43:29 AM PDT by NOVACPA
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To: MayflowerMadam; oh8eleven

MSN is reporting it as well.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/flight-returns-to-dulles-after-passenger-gets-violent/ar-AA9T8G1?ocid=UP97DHP


31 posted on 03/17/2015 9:44:22 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: livius
"What the heck are the qualifications for these people?"

Rabid Leftism, the IQ of fence posts, zero impulse control, and an absolute conviction of their own "genius". (However, don't ask them to count past ten or change a tire.) In other words, an absolute waste of protein, a non-functioning burden to society, and a threat to worldwide freedom.

Their stranglehold on academia makes me think that a nitrogen generator from Parker-Hannifin and an airtight room might be something to consider...

32 posted on 03/17/2015 9:49:03 AM PDT by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted...)
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To: glorgau
CNN updated with better photo of suspect adding this flight was grounded for the evening.

Quoting Hugh Fitzgerald in 2006:

"What is the actual expense caused by the large-scale presence of Muslims in the Lands of the Infidels, which so many are taught to believe are enemy lands, so that they are now settling deep within those enemy lines? And once there, they are entrusted with the task of transforming it, slowly or quickly, and making it a place where, eventually, Islam can dominate and Muslims rule. What is the cost this has entailed for Western governments? "....

33 posted on 03/17/2015 9:50:19 AM PDT by wtd
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To: glorgau

I’m sure it was a white, 80 year old, Presbyterian grandmother. Or maybe it was a 45 year old Hindu woman from India. Or maybe a middle aged Jewish woman? It could not possibly have been a young, Middle Eastern, Muslim man could it have?


34 posted on 03/17/2015 9:50:54 AM PDT by stremba
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To: spokeshave

Shhhh.
Lots of things I’ve notice on planes that could come in handy in a ... ahem ... situation.


35 posted on 03/17/2015 9:51:20 AM PDT by Lorianne (fed pork, bailouts, gone taxmoney)
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To: Uncle Miltie





36 posted on 03/17/2015 9:56:08 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Airport spokeswoman: “Passenger not arrested or charged with a crime so far”


37 posted on 03/17/2015 9:59:08 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: NFHale

>Sheeple time is over and has been since 9-11-01.<

I hope at least one of the large passengers answered Jihad Boy with “Let’s Roll!!”


38 posted on 03/17/2015 9:59:57 AM PDT by Darnright (No, We Love Yeshua (Jesus).)
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To: clamper1797

That’s what I was thinking. They were far too nice to him.

I don’t like unruly passengers of any kind when I’m trapped thousand of feet in the air with them. In that situation everyone better behave if they know what’s good for them.

People just don’t put up with the cr@p that they used to on planes. I’ve noticed a sharp decline in loud obnoxious people on planes in general since 9/11


39 posted on 03/17/2015 10:05:53 AM PDT by Lorianne (fed pork, bailouts, gone taxmoney)
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To: Smokin' Joe

I see it now....

We were at loggerheads....


40 posted on 03/17/2015 10:09:09 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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