"Coffee? Tea? Thorazine?"
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Posted on 12/10/2005 3:48:48 PM PST by Lorianne
Cannot post article as it is from the Honolulu Advertiser. Cannot find story on another source.
Man was a Mexican national. Was subdued by 4 passengers.
Were there a lot of babies crying at the time... that can be annoying on a flight.
Bi-polars need to be put on a no fly list.
He was holding a telephone cord and threatened a couple with a baby (who was sleeping) nearly the entire flight. Very scary.
Passengers tackle man charging cockpit on Honolulu flight
Gina Mangieri
A suspect is in federal custody after passengers say he threatened an infant and tried to charge the cockpit of an airplane en route to Honolulu. No air marshal was aboard, but seven passengers tackled and subdued him.
Passengers say the man's strange behavior started just a couple hours after Northwest Flight 91 took off from Los Angeles.
"He came up to first class several times, and at one point he really startled me... He came up to my left shoulder, and he got right in my face and he said something in Spanish -- he said something about medicine, like 'I need medicine,'" said passenger Linda Deckard from California.
She says the man even gestured threats toward a baby with a cell phone cord, and couldn't sit still. But thanks to one father's planning, a group of passengers are heroes to nearly 200 people on the flight.
"We got the word around first class that if he makes a move for the cockpit door, he's going down," said passenger Mike Deckard. "And that's just what happened. He made a move for the cockpit door and we were on top of him."
He and six others bound the suspect's hands and feet with a belt and cords from an on-board restraint pack.
"I think he's a hero," says Michael Deckard, age 13, about his dad. "I think he did a good job. Obviously he's watching a little bit of football with that tackle. Go dad!"
"If anybody's wants to try something, remember - there are 200 other people on the aircraft who are gonna stop you," Mike Deckard said.
The suspect is a 37-year-old Mexican national. He bit one man who helped tackle him -- a Honolulu Marathon runner who had to get a tetanus shot when they landed.
Passengers were questioned for a couple of hours after landing. The suspect is being held at the federal detention center.
37 yr old Mexican national. Threatened infant. Rushed toward cabin. Was restrained and zip-tied. Appeared mentally ill.
A pattern?
Thanks!
A suspect is in federal custody after passengers say he threatened an infant and tried to charge the cockpit of an airplane en route to Honolulu. No air marshal was aboard, but seven passengers tackled and subdued him.
Passengers say the man's strange behavior started just a couple hours after Northwest Flight 91 took off from Los Angeles.
"He came up to first class several times, and at one point he really startled me... He came up to my left shoulder, and he got right in my face and he said something in Spanish -- he said something about medicine, like 'I need medicine,'" said passenger Linda Deckard from California.
She says the man even gestured threats toward a baby with a cell phone cord, and couldn't sit still. But thanks to one father's planning, a group of passengers are heroes to nearly 200 people on the flight.
"We got the word around first class that if he makes a move for the cockpit door, he's going down," said passenger Mike Deckard. "And that's just what happened. He made a move for the cockpit door and we were on top of him."
He and six others bound the suspect's hands and feet with a belt and cords from an on-board restraint pack.
"I think he's a hero," says Michael Deckard, age 13, about his dad. "I think he did a good job. Obviously he's watching a little bit of football with that tackle. Go dad!"
"If anybody's wants to try something, remember - there are 200 other people on the aircraft who are gonna stop you," Mike Deckard said.
The suspect is a 37-year-old Mexican national. He bit one man who helped tackle him -- a Honolulu Marathon runner who had to get a tetanus shot when they landed.
Passengers were questioned for a couple of hours after landing. The suspect is being held at the federal detention center.
David Letterman named such flights "The Screaming Baby Express".
I'm wondering if this is to set up a pattern so that air marshall's will be afraid to respond.
Obviously there were no air marshalls on this flight.
Welcome! :)
Nutty things happen in threes?
but seven passengers tackled and subdued him.
Good job.
Obviously there were no air marshalls on this flight."
Maybe thare was and your first comment explains why there was at least no marshall action.
What a great thing to say. This kid is so proud of his dad, and I am sure the dad is beaming inside, because of what his son said about him.
"Coffee? Tea? Thorazine?"
That is a scary story. Nice to see the passengers reacted appropriately.
Which is why there won't be another hijacking in the United States. We're not going to sit still and behave ever again.
Way to go Mike!
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