Posted on 05/09/2011 6:07:24 AM PDT by markomalley
Crew members and passengers wrestled a 28-year-old man to the cabin floor after he began pounding on the cockpit as an American Airlines flight approached San Francisco, the third security incident in a day on U.S. planes, authorities said Monday.
The man was yelling unintelligibly as he brushed past a flight attendant about 10 minutes before American Airlines Flight 1561 was due at San Francisco International Airport Sunday night, Sgt. Michael Rodriguez of the San Francisco police said.
A male flight attendant tackled the suspect, who carried a Yemen passport, and other crew members aided as the suspect banged on the cockpit door.
"He asked for help; a couple of passengers joined in," Rodriguez told The Associated Press. "They were able to get him to ground and a flight attendant put him in plastic handcuffs."
The Boeing 737 carrying 162 people landed safely at 9:10 p.m. and the man was taken into police custody.
He was identified as 28-year-old Rageit Almurisi. Though he carried a Yemen passport, it wasn't clear if his nationality was also Yemeni, Rodgriguez said.
Almurisi was charged with interfering with a flight crew, a federal offense. No motive has been established and the officer said he had no information when asked if the disturbance was linked to terrorism.
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Man, those Amish sure have funny-sounding names!
“28-year-old Rageit Almurisi”
Rage-it?
Mennonite, actually.
Common error, don't feel bad.
was identified as 28-year-old Rageit Almurisi. Though he carried a Yemen passport, it wasn’t clear if his nationality was also Yemeni, Rodgriguez said.
I coulda swore he was Zoroastrian..................
With all the madness in their media about the West, Israel, and America, with all the conspiracy thinking, self-pity, and outright bloodthirsty white-hot hatred the billions of muslims around the world are fed every day, it’s a wonder there aren’t a hundred times more events of this type.
He’s got a Yemen passport...but they’re not sure if he is Yemeni. So what....It says YEMEN!! Do you need his BC???
Who knew there were AMISH people with Yemen passports.
I need to get in the show, let me know how this works out.
Who knew there were AMISH people with Yemen passports.
I need to get in the shower, let me know how this works out.
Completely unfair comment: I can't picture any male flight attendant I've ever seen subduing a bad guy. Congrats to him for breaking the stereotype.
Trial run. He should have been put down by a group of angry passengers and stomped on until he was unconscious. Its the only language they understand.
And the legend lives on!
Should be written “Al-Murisi”
When I flew a few weeks after 9/11, the male flight attendant stationed closest to the cockpit looked like he was "borrowed" from the Marines.
If he WAS Amish (or Baptist or Catholic or Jewish), it would be in the headline. But not if he is from The Religion with Special Rules for Reporters.
There are times when all one can do is laugh because the reality is so very painful.
Yeah, because Yemen is a magnet for immigrants since it's such a land of opportunity. The guy is either Yemeni or AQ.
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