Posted on 01/01/2026 9:40:09 AM PST by DFG
A crazed, shadow-boxing United Airlines passenger wildly claimed he was in a “simulation” as he allegedly assaulted the crew, punched a flight attendant in the face and forced the plane to divert mid-flight.
Jordan Langston, 25, wreaked havoc on the Salt Lake City-bound flight Sunday when he got up from his seat shortly after departing Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC, and stormed the front of the plane, waving his arms and screaming, “This is a simulation,” the Lincoln Journal Star reported.
When pressed by a flight attendant what he meant when he said simulation, the unruly traveler repeatedly yelled, “This flight,” before rushing to the back of the plane and continuing to frantically wave his hands.
Langston then stepped on a crew member’s foot and allegedly shoved another after being warned the plane would turn back if his erratic behavior didn’t stop, FBI Special Agent Patrick Manion told the outlet.
The captain reportedly declared a Level 2 security threat and continued to the Utah travel hub as the disturbed suspect eventually returned to his seat and settled down.
But mayhem erupted about 30 minutes later when Langston rose from his seat and chaotically flailed about before shadow boxing in the aisle and allegedly slugging a crew member in the face, Manion said.
Four passengers grabbed Langston and dragged him to the back of the plane, where he was restrained, placed in handcuffs, and bizarrely ranted about death, according to court documents, per the outlet.
The flight diverted to Eppley Airfield in Omaha, where Langston was escorted off the plane and detained at Douglas County jail. The flight then continued on to Salt Lake City International Airport.
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Do they get their CHECKED BAGGAGE off the plane also???
Can we get rid of this sh*t? ......hang him!
Poor buffoon likely thought he was living in the matrix.
I flew quite a lot in my teens in the 60s. How the world has changed.
Sounds like his drug boat got through for him.
Another schizo who needs to be treated, locked up ,and not let out in society until he is cured for 5 years straight
Our lawmakers do not know what schizophrenics are, they apply rules of law (made for non-schizos) to the sad schizos as if the schizo is capable of understanding the laws.
Poetic justice would be for one of the lame*ss judges, who releases those so afflicted , meeting a schizo in a dark alley.
He’s not not very friendly.
“Four passengers grabbed Langston and dragged him to the back of the plane”.
Great work by those four ladies! (Just assuming from all the recent movies, Viking shows, police crime shots on TV etc that it was four women)
Maybe Kenneth Copeland was on to something.
Picked a bad week to give up sniffing glue.
These people need desperately to be institutionalized. There is no possibility of main streaming them. They are sick and will always be sick. They have defective brains that can’t be cured or altered. They are a danger to themselves but more importantly all the rest of society.
The responsible thing and the only solution is to institutionalize them for the duration of their lives. It is a shame but true. Anything else is sheer folly.
“Elon Musk thinks it’s almost certain that we’re living in some version of The Matrix. In fact, he believes that there’s a “one in billions chance” that reality as we know it is not a computer simulation“
Just like those other M-Fers that weren’t real.
A simulation?
So shoot him and tell him to respawn.
Problem solved.
TSA will need to add drug and alcohol testing prior to boarding the plane.
Not that I want it to happen, just tired of reading about crazies disrupting air flights.
Don't they have a hatch for these types of situations?
Well, at least now he can call Lady Fanny for a bailout.
Never put the lime in the coconut and shake it all together!
No pic.
Thar’s a tell... /s
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