Posted on 12/17/2008 10:31:38 AM PST by AuntB
BURBANK -- A JetBlue flight headed from New York to Burbank was forced to make an emergency landing in Salt Lake City late Monday night after an intoxicated passenger caused a major disturbance.
Shalom Yarimo was arrested Tuesday night and charged with felony interference with a flight crew.
Now, Yarimo says he had become ill after choking on his food, and was unnecessarily treated as a safety problem by the flight crew.
Officials tell a different story: "Some of his activities included running up and down the aisles, opening and closing the overhead bins, shouting at the flight attendants, making a statement that he had shot people in Lebanon."
Upon landing in Salt Lake City, Yarimo's 130 fellow passengers and the flight crew had to deplane and be re-screened before completing the trip to Burbank.
Yarimo was booked in the Salt Lake County jail. He has a court appearance scheduled for Wednesday.
Makes two of us! If, I think that you’re a terrorist by the actions you exibit, you could die if that is what it takes to get you subdued, and hog tied tied. Meanwhile the pilot needs to locate a runway in a stste, so that when the court system is done with you, your crime maybe the last thing you did in your free life.
I always get that way when they serve me too much wine in First Class.
They must have ran out of coffee.
He probably looked like an Arab and it scared people. Too many drunk people are on planes any more. They may have to give everyone a breathalyzer test as they are boarding the plane and anyone who is shown to be legally drunk won't be allowed on the plane.
Yeah, ain’t that the truth!
lol
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