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Seatmate of crazed duct-taped plane passenger reveals what sparked wild mid-flight meltdown
NY Post ^ | 09/08/2026 | Chris Nesi

Posted on 09/08/2026 12:17:09 PM PDT by DFG

The crazed plane passenger who was duct-taped and zip-tied on a flight to New Jersey first flipped over a discussion about religion with his seatmate, a controversial Messianic rabbi who’s a best-selling author dubbed a “Doomsday prophet.”

Author Jonathan Cahn said that now-fired Arizona realtor Arthur Layne Lundeen, 67, allegedly started hurling racist and homophobic slurs after first screaming at him that “Jesus is bulls–t.”

“I was the unidentified passenger and I was actually attacked, 30,000 feet in the sky. I was attacked on that plane,” Cahn revealed in a YouTube video Monday.

“I have never seen someone change in a split second from light to dark as I saw then, as if something had taken him over,” Cahn said. “He went from the friendliest guy in the world to this dark person.”

Cahn leads the Beth Israel Worship Center in Wayne, New Jersey, part of the Messianic Jewish movement that believes Jesus is the messiah, making it generally considered a branch of Christianity.

He is also known for his controversial books, especially his debut 2011 novel, “The Harbinger,” which draws parallels between the 9/11 attacks and the destruction of the Kingdom of Israel, linking the events as a divine warning.

Another book, 2015’s “The Mystery of the Shemitah,” suggested a great global catastrophe was imminent, with the New York Times calling him a “Doomsday prophet.”

Cahn claimed it was the cover of his newest novel, “The Altar of Pergamon,” that “triggered” Lundeen after they had been chatting amiably on last Thursday’s Newark-bound American Airlines flight.

Cahn said he referenced “the reality of the real power of god on Earth and in our lives,” leaving Lundeen irate and “cursing Jesus” and “blaspheming Jesus and God.”

He claimed Lundeen then started saying, “It’s all bulls–t. Jesus is bulls–t.”

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KEYWORDS: arthurlundeen; doineedtolook; isitthemyogi; israel; jesus; jonathancahn; lundeen; realtor; scum; themagain; yesbooboo

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To: Jamestown1630

Unfortunately people take it to far sometimes. There are some outliers there who abuse their freedoms.

I would say the greater danger is the attribution of violence to someone did say anything wrong. That is a tactic of the left and in full force in the higher courts in Europe.


81 posted on 09/08/2026 4:15:20 PM PDT by aspasia (kyrie eleison)
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To: Varsity Flight

Ping to #80


82 posted on 09/08/2026 4:15:52 PM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: aspasia

Sorry “didn’t say anything wrong”


83 posted on 09/08/2026 4:15:53 PM PDT by aspasia (kyrie eleison)
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To: Theo

Keep your yap shut


84 posted on 09/08/2026 4:34:19 PM PDT by Az Joe (BEWARE**I am the Lawgiver of Free Republic. - BEWARE! - I am judge, jury & executioner of all posts!)
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To: reasonisfaith

You will.


85 posted on 09/08/2026 4:34:56 PM PDT by Az Joe (BEWARE**I am the Lawgiver of Free Republic. - BEWARE! - I am judge, jury & executioner of all posts!)
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To: PGR88
I would very much like to have a conversation with him to understand his particular theology better.

What's to understand? Messianic Jews believe their Messiah and Savior has already arrived on earth and his name is Jesus Christ. Same beliefs Christians have in a nutshell.

86 posted on 09/08/2026 4:47:47 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: Az Joe

Go for it.


87 posted on 09/08/2026 4:54:52 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: DFG

I have NEVER met a happy atheist. All were mad at the world, and hated everyone, for being born.


88 posted on 09/08/2026 4:56:19 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (REOPEN THE CLOSED MENTAL HOSPITALS! Closed in the 1970s, murders by crazies sky rocketed!)
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To: Whatever Works

No kidding. Just watched one of his videos. The guy knows more about Jewish heritage & prophecy than almost anyone.


89 posted on 09/08/2026 5:25:57 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." Jimi Hendrix)
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To: Az Joe

Great, you’ll be easy


90 posted on 09/08/2026 5:51:23 PM PDT by Az Joe (BEWARE**I am the Lawgiver of Free Republic. - BEWARE! - I am judge, jury & executioner of all posts!)
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To: Jamestown1630

Really?
.
I had a long flight with a British seat mate and He asked me about
“Partial Birth” abortion and I Discribed
It in All it’s Horrible Details.
He said he Was going Home to die from Some cancer. I don’t remember any Religion coming but silently praying for Him and encouraging Him to Finish Well His RACE.
I was an Indy Car mechanic at the time.
He left At Ease and I Felt good Too.


91 posted on 09/08/2026 6:01:53 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Good SCIENCE is Not Faith BUT Curiosity. )
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To: Big Red Badger

If he asked you about abortion, that’s a different matter.

But it’s impolite to assume that some stranger you happen to be sitting next to wants to hear your declaration of religious belief.


92 posted on 09/08/2026 6:05:41 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

Impolite?
I just got Snubbed at my Post Box for Saying “Howdy” to Some Scowlng biddy!
When I Got my Mail I announced
“No Bills” -——
Another “Scowl”’xxxxx
So I Ripped a Loud “STRAWBERRY”!
.
HA!
....
Explain That.


93 posted on 09/08/2026 7:06:20 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Good SCIENCE is Not Faith BUT Curiosity. )
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To: al baby
not as cool as looter dude

Instant Halloween costume idea, though, and cheap!


94 posted on 09/08/2026 8:34:43 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens. --DJT)
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To: DFG

“his debut 2011 novel, “The Harbinger,”” is totally boring and pointless. Sorry he had to sit next to a loser.


95 posted on 09/08/2026 11:10:38 PM PDT by Falconspeed ("Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others." Robert Louis Stevenson.)
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To: DFG

Possession. Easy defense. Put him on the stand. Say who is your savior during trial. Then call a bishop.


96 posted on 09/08/2026 11:41:24 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Resolute Conservative

I don’t like talking to strangers...period. The minute I sit down on a plane I put my earphones in. I make sure they’re the wired ones so that people can see them. If the person next to me tries to talk to me I just point to my headphones and turn away. I usually have nothing playing on them but it is a sure conversation killer. lol


97 posted on 09/09/2026 5:19:04 AM PDT by sheana
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