Posted on 03/21/2009 8:05:52 PM PDT by Cindy
SNIPPET: "On February 15, at approximately 2200 hours, officers from the California Highway Patrol had just landed their Bell 206 LongRanger at Fullerton Airport in California. The aircrafts rotors were still spinning and the crew was just about to begin their shutdown checklist when a man suddenly appeared at the pilot's door yelling and screaming. The pilot opened the door and the man, identified as Edwin Rosales of Anaheim was irrational and was believed to be under the influence of narcotics, forcefully grabbed his arm. With the aircraft still running, the pilot pushed the Mr. Rosales backwards and told him to get back. The stood still with a wild look on his face. The pilot yelled to his partner to get out of the aircraft, and a struggle ensued between the partner and Mr. Rosales."
SNIPPET: "Unfortunately, it appears as though flight crews are facing increased threats."
SNIPPET: "Always maintain awareness and be prepared for anything!"
(Excerpt) Read more at officer.com ...
Swedish, no?
Wow! At least the guy didn’t do any damage to the bird.
Druggie loons assaulting the police are on the increase. Their surnames will not be relevant.
Well:
1. We are talking about police officerss right?
2. They did knowingly sign up to be police officers?
I know everyone has to have a trade site these days like officer.com, but seriously is this news?
if the prep grabbed my arm, i’m grab his... and lift off...
letting the ‘law’ (of gravity) deal with the problem
The helo was on the flight line at an airport and a guy comes running under the rotor arc screaming and yelling. This is not something that happens every day.
It would be big news if he had managed to get his hands on the controls and started yanking.
Or if he had decided to jump up under the rotor arc.
Or, if he had decided to run into the tail rotor.
Post flight check list item...
Check for drugged out whackos.
From the article:
“The aircraft was parked right next to a Jet fuel “fuel farm”. If Mr. Rosales had been able to get control of the aircraft, or simply cause the aircraft to move, the results could have been tragic.”
/Thank you for the post Cindy.
You’re welcome happinesswithoutpeace.
In nearly downtown Tampa, Florida is a small general aircraft airport called Peter O’Night.
It was one of the last places in America that a plane was hijacked.
Not always is a large jet needed.
Good post Cindy, hope all well.
No, Amish....
“Not always is a large jet needed.”
Yep, that’s why crop dusters were a concern too after 9/11.
Frankly speaking, terrorism has no boundaries; but then again, the war on terrorism has no boundaries, either.
Oops, my response to you was somewhat off topic.
I should have checked what thread I was responding to.
I was thinking of this thread when I responded to you previously:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2211909/posts
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