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Passenger bound and gagged and flight diverted after violent clash on United Airlines plane
Daily Mail ^ | July 10, 2011 | Rachel Quigley

Posted on 07/11/2011 8:30:57 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

A passenger on a United Airlines flight had to be tied up and gagged and the flight diverted after he refused to come out of the bathroom and then turned violent when confronted by staff.

The United Airlines flight 944 to Frankfurt, Germany, from Chicago was diverted to Cleveland on Friday night after the flight attendant found that the large man had been in the bathroom for almost 30 minutes and refused to come out.

When he eventually did he started screaming at the flight attendants and put one in a headlock before wrestling him to the ground.

That is when some of the passengers on board were asked to help.

Joe Shulfer, of Woodstock, told Newsradio 780: 'The flight attendant just ran up to me and literally grabbed me by the shirt and said, "You need to come with me now".'

By then three men were already wrestling with him and they managed to handcuff him and tie up his feet. Then he started spitting and swearing.

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To: mad_as_he$$
We are in the same boat. I traveled many times last year coast to coast as well as to Hawaii. United was my carrier and were fantastic. On one occasion a male who was with 2 other males with middle eastern characteristics went to the bathroom a few times during our flight to the west coast.

5 minutes before our decent he went into the bathroom and NEVER came out, even after I departed the plane. I was on high alert and there was definitely something going on.

41 posted on 07/11/2011 9:15:16 AM PDT by New Perspective (Proud father of a 7 yr old son with Down Syndrome and fighting to keep him off Obama's death panels.)
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To: raccoonradio

Soft Pretzels, particularly sesame ring pretzels are kept in shape through the use of Zantham Gum.


42 posted on 07/11/2011 9:15:48 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

Zantham gum? Isn’t that another one of those manufactured corn byproducts?


43 posted on 07/11/2011 9:18:16 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Hodar

Lots of Muslims in Akron, mainly Somali IIRC. For some reason, lots of Somalis moved into those Northern states like Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ohio.


44 posted on 07/11/2011 9:20:25 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: jq2

Moral of the story, don’t use the bathroom for too long or you’ll be dragged out and hogtied.

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The moral of the story is to read the whole story. I guess you missed the putting the flight attendent in a headlock.


45 posted on 07/11/2011 9:20:37 AM PDT by dmz
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To: New Perspective

Yikes! That would drive me nuts!


46 posted on 07/11/2011 9:21:39 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I don’t know why you folks are so upset over a muslim on a plane. After all, we have a muslim on AF-1 all the time.


47 posted on 07/11/2011 9:22:53 AM PDT by taillightchaser (The last hope for America--2012)
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To: Vigilanteman
Saleh is one of those names adopted by Moslems solely becaue it appears in the Koran. The reference is to a pre-Islamic prophet who ended up getting his people destroyed by God.

Alramakh breaks into AL RA MAKH ~ which is kind of funny since it's got mixed grammatical elements (which makes it terribly difficult to translate since my knowledge of Arabic is limited). However, it could mean "From Mecca", or "On the way to Mecca", or "Turned around at Mecca" ~ and that sort of confusion in grammer means this guy has an old noble family name if he's Arabic, or just a made up name if he's not.

He could be a rich Saudi or a poor Yemeni.

The President of Yemen carries a surname of Saleh.

48 posted on 07/11/2011 9:23:24 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: dmz
The flight attended opened the door and the guy put him in a headlock. Is that unbelievable?

I certainly wouldn't use the headlock thing but he would have closed the door quietly and whimpered.

49 posted on 07/11/2011 9:24:53 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: antiRepublicrat

Minnesota gives immigrants a 5 year state tax-free status. Despite the fact that they are the greatest drain on the taxpayer, society, welfare and social services; the Somali and other immigrants don’t have to pay into the tax system that supports them, for a period of 5 years.

Not too surprisingly - more than a few leave after this benefit ends. Gee, thanks Minnesota.


50 posted on 07/11/2011 9:29:00 AM PDT by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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To: 9YearLurker
Zantham Gum is produced by taking a common bacterial mat that forms on the surfaces of vegetables and gives them those big black spots. You put it in a water/corn mixture.

Next thing you know ya got the right stuff and you purify it a bit and stick it in your food!

51 posted on 07/11/2011 9:29:37 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

The problem wasn’t that he was in the bathroom. The problem was that he would not respond to the flight attendant and when they opened the door, he had pulled the mirror off and was pulling wires out of the ceiling which was followed by assaulting the flight attendant and then spitting at passengers and crew when the finally tied him up.

Pulling wires out of a flying plane warrants a beat down in my book.


52 posted on 07/11/2011 9:30:13 AM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: Hodar
Ohio?!? Who'd a thunk that Akron would be the source of this kind of problem?

The muslim highway Detroit to Buffalo, making Cleveland the midway point.Lots of activity here
53 posted on 07/11/2011 9:33:25 AM PDT by boxerblues
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Important info from the story, is that one of the men who helped with the guy said that there were wires hanging out of the ceiling in the rest room and that the mirror had been moved. I hope these guys got in a few painful punches on this jihadist.


54 posted on 07/11/2011 9:43:17 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Palin in 2012)
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55 posted on 07/11/2011 9:43:17 AM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: Bigg Red

Important info from the story, is

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56 posted on 07/11/2011 9:44:55 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Palin in 2012)
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To: smaug6

Important info from the story is that he had pulled wires down from the ceiling in the restroom and had moved the mirror.


57 posted on 07/11/2011 9:48:09 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Palin in 2012)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

So Al Gore’s flying coach these days?


58 posted on 07/11/2011 9:50:25 AM PDT by Noumenon (The only 'NO' a liberal understands is the one that arrives at muzzle velocity.)
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To: count-your-change

Important info from the story is that he had pulled wires down from the ceiling in the restroom and had moved the mirror.


59 posted on 07/11/2011 9:51:01 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Palin in 2012)
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To: crusty old prospector

Important info from the story is that he had pulled wires down from the ceiling in the restroom and had moved the mirror.


60 posted on 07/11/2011 9:52:08 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Palin in 2012)
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