Posted on 01/08/2010 8:09:48 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
The unruly and allegedly drunk passenger who forced an emergency landing of an AirTran jet flying from Atlanta to San Francisco Friday is being held over the weekend in anticipation of federal charges being filed Monday.
Muhammad Abu Tahir, 46, of Virginia was transported to the El Paso, Co. County jail where he will be detained on a federal hold, said FBI officials.
Federal charges for interference with a flight crew are expected to be filed, FBI spokeswoman Kathleen Wright told the AJC Friday night.
The incident occurred on AirTran flight #39 as the plane neared Colorado Springs, Co. AirTran spokesman Tad Hutcheson told the AJC Friday afternoon. The Boeing 737 was almost four hours into the flight, and had 132 passengers and five crew on board.
The flight departed Atlanta around 9:48 a.m., said Hutcheson. Around 1:30 EST, a flight attendant reported to the captain a man being disruptive.
“He failed to obey instructions to be seated, became verbally and physically abusive towards the flight attendant, and then proceeded to lock himself in the plane’s restroom,” Hutcheson said.
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Update to your update.
Why didn’t some passenger beat the living $h!+ out of this guy?
Another fanatical Muslim. Time to drop the new Atomic Ham Bomb on em.
Sure he was drunk...
there is too much of this bizarre behavior going on right now..like the guy yelling he wants to kill all Jews on the one flight.
If they are arresting this guy, why not the one on the Maui flight? something is fishy with that one.
Did anyone ever hear anymore about the two (or three) Brits who were detained after they made comments or threats aboard the flight flying out of Heathrow tonight? I just saw a couple reports on Fox, and it was the same sort of thing, drunk, unruly passengers making threats. But they didn’t identify the ethnicity of the men, nor did they mention what the threats were.
I thought drinking was againt Islam. Murder is okay but not martinis.
Kathy Wright, spokeswoman for the FBI in Denver, said the FBI has asked the Colorado Springs police to continue to detain the passenger.
Wright said that prior to the plane’s departure from Colorado Springs, FBI agents interviewed the AirTran flight crew and passengers. Also interviewed were the police who took the passenger off the plane, she said.
Wright said the agents are investigating allegations that the disruptive passenger grabbed a flight attendant and that he also removed his shoes during the incident.
Wright said the FBI will confer with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver. If charges are filed, the FBI will release the name, age and hometown of the passenger.
Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14150352#ixzz0c5LAf5Mc
The 9/11 guys went out boozing at a stripper club the night before they hit the towers.
Alcohol is available in M-E countries. Especially if you are native to the country.
*ping*
Three men have been arrested on a passenger jet after an alleged bomb threat sparked a security scare..from SKY NEWS
shouting allah akbar on a plane should be the equivalent of FIRE in a theater...and I am sure it won’t be long before the nut jobs start doing it...imagine sitting there and a Muzzie yelling Allah Akbar as he walks down the aisle.
I am not flying anytime soon.
Why oh why do they ever allow the Amish to fly?
Ah, so Muhhamad was drunk? So Muhhamad must not be a true muzzie!
Time to either place eject seats in the lavatories, or maybe some very calming gas! (or very,very,very calming gas!)
And, why isn’t there an override key for the airline staff to enter the lavatories???
Tell that to Atta and his 9/11 crew.
Telefon. Look it up. Movie starring Charles Bronson.
That’s what is going on.
Do Muslims ever just get in the car with the wife and kids, and DRIVE? This is more than just a drunk passenger, maybe even “just” itching for money from a civil rights lawsuit, which aids terror (by weakening us in our reactions). The system will be overwhelmed and something will happen, even if these disturbances aren’t all “terrorism.” It is NOT a good time to be an “unruly” passenger, especially when Muslim. It almost seems like the crazy floodgates have been opened.
This is only to be expected. Obama is weak and the world knows it. The Muslims see him as sympthetic to their cause and Chavez sees him as a useful idiot. As a foot note the next time I hear a Republican call him a nice guy but misguided I will lose all respect for that particular Republican.
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