"I throw yer arse out the little round window on the side!"
Posted on 01/08/2010 1:22:03 PM PST by xjcsa
Airtran flight 39, Atlanta to San Francisco, unruly passenger on board. Fighters launched to escort plane, landed in Colorado Springs.
Info per Neil Cavuto on Fox News; no link yet.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
A lot of “unruly” passengers lately.
The CBS affiliate in South Caroline tells 11 News a passenger on the plane called a family member, saying the flight was from Atlanta to San Francisco. The Colorado Springs Airport says it was an AirTran 737, flight #39 with 132 passengers on board. A passenger was drunk and argumentative and locked himself in the bathroom of the plane.
The flight landed in Colorado Springs and the man was immediately apprehended by Colorado Springs police.
The plane is still at a gate at this time. Passengers from the flight tell 11 News all of the passengers have been taken off the plane and are congregated in the concourse. No one was injured.
The FBI will be investigating the incident. NORAD tells 11 News they flew two F-16 fighters to respond to the scene.
NORAD released the following statement regarding the incident:
Two F-16 fighters under the direction of Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region launched at 11:44 a.m. MST today in response to reports of an unruly passenger aboard Air Tran Flight 39 from Atlanta bound for San Francisco.
The fighters arrived overhead of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport as the pilot of the commercial airliner landed the Boeing 737 there safely at approximately noon MST, where the plane was met by law enforcement.
NORAD’s mission - in close collaboration with homeland defense, security, and law enforcement partners - is to prevent air attacks against North America, safeguard the sovereign airspaces of the United States and Canada by responding to unknown, unwanted and unauthorized air activity approaching and operating within these airspaces, and provide aerospace and maritime warning for North America. NORAD may be required to monitor, shadow, divert from flight path, direct to land and/or destroy platforms deemed a potential threat to North America.
The Colorado Springs Airport tells 11 News there are no other delays at the airport as a result of this incident.
http://www.kktv.com/news/headlines/81020117.html
So, folks, there you go.
That’s their “plan”.
If something goes wrong, they’re gonna shoot you down.
Of course, there’s not much else they can do, so man up when called upon.
That guy from Ohio should have received a thorough ass-kicking from the passengers.
Perhaps he was upset that it was prayer time and the pilots wouldn’t turn the plane toward Mecca.
Haven’t flown since 1999. Coming up on ten years. Still taking plenty of trips. Driving. What a beautiful country we have. Looks a whole lot better close up as opposed to 30,000 feet.
OH BOY Laker fan at again???
Airtran Flt 39.
That’s the same flight number of the unruly passenger incident Wed., a Hawaiian Airlines flight out of Portland to Maui. Fighter jets were scrambled for that one too.
That thought just crossed my mind as I read the headline. Add that little nugget to the pre-flight safety talk. Put it on signs throughout the terminal.
Then follow up and go after the disruptors' money.
Would $120k actually cover scrambling jets? Better add in "pain and suffering" say, $500k to be disbursed to the other passengers and the crew.
Looks like NORAD has gotten the word to launch ANG escorts for all incidents now.
Actually Shemp is not in the loop either..
Both seem to be RINOS with their horns cut off..
You know............... moderates.. or stealth democrats..
Readers of copy composed by other hidden (Fox) democrats..
Yeah, but only after you're on the ground and the F-16s have returned to their base. Sidewinder missiles do a real number on unarmed passenger flights.
Oh,those crazy Catholics!(Sarcasm)
It was Tyndall AFB at Panama City, Florida flying F-22's.
If one flight full of people did it, it would never happen again...POSSE time...
Really! Seems like there is some sort of flight issue every day—is this my imagination or are these things occurring with more frequency?!
Thanks; I was just repeating what Cavuto said, but we all know how journalists are with this sort of thing - even good journalists.
>> flying F-22’s.
They can fly real slow.
I’ve seen some great things flying at 30K though - the way the Rockies hit Colorado - the oil wells down around Ok and Tx - the deserts of New Mexico - and the way that the wide open spaces of the border of Tx meets the maquilladoras of Mexico, full of squats boxes and smoke-belching factories.
Even travel by train can be awe-inspiring.
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