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Crew members and passengers wrestled a 28-year-old man to the cabin floor after he began pounding on the cockpit as an American Airlines flight approached San Francisco, the third security incident in a day on U.S. planes, authorities said Monday. The man was yelling unintelligibly as he brushed past a flight attendant about 10 minutes before American Airlines Flight 1561 was due at San Francisco International Airport Sunday night, Sgt. Michael Rodriguez of the San Francisco police said. A male flight attendant tackled the suspect, who carried a Yemen passport, and other crew members aided as the suspect banged on...

Man Subdued After Disrupting Flight To Chicago May 9, 2011 6:15 AM SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) – Flight attendants had to subdue a man on a flight from Chicago to San Francisco overnight, after he began shouting and banging on the cockpit door. This was the second flight disruption incident involving a flight to or from Chicago in a period of 24 hours. LISTEN: KCBS-AM/San Francisco’s Megan Goldsby reports In the latest incident, the man, who carries a Yemeni passport, was shouting unintelligibly as he banged on the door on American Airlines Flight 1561. San Francisco Police Sgt. Michael Rodriguez said...

Within 10 minutes of landing in San Francisco. Muslim? Dry run? Rageh Almurisi in the back of a patrol car at SFO. SAN FRANCISCO – Federal agents are investigating the background of a California man with a Yemeni passport who pounded on the cockpit door of an American Airlines flight as it approached San Francisco before a flight attendant tackled him, police said Monday.Rageh Almurisi, 28, does not have any clear or known ties to terrorism, and investigators have not established a possible motive, San Francisco police Sgt. Michael Rodriguez said. …… Almurisi, of Vallejo, Calif., got up from his...

Did Yemen man yell 'Allahu Akbar' in incident outside cockpit door near San Francisco Airport? Police said Almurisi had no known ties to terrorist organizations. He was subdued by flight attendants and passengers who assisted the flight attendants in handcuffing the man to a seat. The incident happened as the jet was over Modesto, about 15 minutes outside of San Francisco. Almurisi was arrested when the plane landed at San Francisco International. He was taken to San Mateo County Medical Center where he was treated for abrasions to his elbow and chin that he got as the result of being...

Media Manipulation? The Majority of American Media Outlets Fail to Report the Yemeni Passenger Was Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ as He Attempted to Storm the Cockpit Door – Video Examples of Newscasts From Around the Country

Media Manipulation? The Majority of American Media Outlets Fail To Report The Yemeni Passenger Was Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ As He Attempted To Storm The Cockpit Door – Video Examples Of Newscasts From Around The Country

* Third scare in two days for air passengers in America * Security alerts at U.S. train stations and airports after death of Bin Laden * Passengers say man yelled 'God is great' in Arabic as he rushed up the aisle * 'We were all looking at our lives flash before our eyes' Crew members and passengers wrestled a 28-year-old man to the cabin floor after he began pounding on the cockpit of a plane approaching San Francisco. The man was yelling as he brushed past a flight attendant about 10 minutes before American Airlines Flight 1561 from Chicago was...