Posted on 09/08/2005 7:09:47 AM PDT by Cagey
Several passengers, including a Hurricane Katrina evacuee, grabbed a violent man aboard a Frontier Airlines flight Tuesday and subdued him, authorities said.
When the plane landed, police found the plane smeared with blood from front to back and Jason Tervort, 26, duct-taped and lying face down in the center aisle.
"They worked him over pretty good," said Denver Police Detective Virginia Lopez. "The passengers did what they had to do."
Flight 147, which had left Houston Tuesday evening, was carrying a number of Hurricane Katrina evacuees, said Monique Kelso, an FBI spokeswoman.
Matthew Meador, 27, a construction worker from Lakewood who was on the plane, said Tervort was acting strangely from almost the moment the plane took off.
According to an FBI arrest affidavit, Tervort got out of his seat shortly after takeoff and began walking "very aggressively" toward the front of the plane. Tervort is accused of pushing and slapping a flight attendant, who called for help.
Several male passengers, including Meador, subdued Tervort as he yelled profanities, spit at passengers and bit them, according to the arrest affidavit.
"It's something I've thought about since 9/11," Meador said. "What would you do if something like that happened? It was surreal."
Others who helped in subduing Tervort included Brad Lewis, 37, a semi-tractor technician from Littleton, and a man who told Meador he had worked at a hotel in New Orleans until the hurricane forced him out. The man told Meador he was traveling to Denver to meet family. Tervort, who authorities said is from Louisiana and recently discharged from the military, faces a federal charge of interfering with a flight crew, records show. Lopez said police have no plans to charge passengers who subdued Tervort with any crimes.
Lewis said he and others taped Tervort's legs to the rails on the underside of the airline seats.
"We just sat there with him the whole time until we landed in Denver," Lewis said. "He was cursing and spitting."
Tervort faces up to 20 years in federal prison.
Score one for the Militia!!!
I always keep my laptop handly to lauch.
bookmark. Bravo to those who DEALT with this thug.
Air travel... the final Frontier
It even works across a spitting/swearing mouth.
What is with these idiots? Nicotine anxiety? Alcohol?
The handyman's secret weapon - duct tape.
Rule of Thumb ....
If it moves, and shouldn't, use duct tape.
If it doesn't move, and should, use WD40.
Dust tape is like the force.. there is a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
This is why there will never be another airliner highjacking in the skies of United States of America.
If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.
LOL!
I wear wood-soled clogs when I fly because I think they'd make a good club. And I always carry a metal pen with me, in case I have to stick it in a terrorists eye or something.
LQ
ping
Looks like I should include a roll of duct tape in my carry-on kit ...
Wonder what kind of discharge it was...
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"Hokey traditions and ancient sticky tapes are no match for a good glue gun at your side, kid." (Star Wars can translate to all aspects of life . . .) |
Jason Tervort faces a federal charge of interfering with flight crew members and attendants.
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