Posted on 02/22/2012 10:30:52 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
HOUSTON— Passengers aboard a Continental Airlines flight bound for Houston Tuesday sprang into action to help a flight attendant having trouble with an unruly passenger.
Twenty minutes after the plane departed Portland, pilots returned to the city where the FBI was waiting.
Passengers said the unruly man was a problem from the beginning. After boarding Flight 1113, the man became upset because he was not seated next to his friend. Then after the flight took off, he ignored the “No Smoking” sign and tried to light an electronic cigarette.
A flight attendant asked the passenger to turn off the cigarette, but he refused. The Middle Eastern man started screaming at the smaller woman.
“He was screaming, ‘Allah is great, Allah is great,’” said Nancy Haywood, passenger. “And it kind of worries you when that happens, but believe me, there were enough men to hold him down.”
And they did. Men on the plane jumped up and ran to assist the flight attendant.
“Every guy that was in my area was ready to go,” said Mark Foster, passenger. “It was not even a thought. You can tell buckles were off and people were already leaning toward the aisles.”
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Don't forget BIC style pens.
“Then after the flight took off, he ignored the “No Smoking” sign and tried to light an electronic cigarette.”
Uh, you don’t light electronic cigarettes and they do not emit smoke. If the flight serves coffee, then an electronic cigarette is of no threat. Both emit water vapor or to put it more plainly, they emit steam!
Stupid reporters....
The story I read said he tried to light an electronic cigarette. you do NOT light e-cigs. You just puff on them and a water vapor emerges. The tip lights up via battery.
But that said, I understand planes do not allow them to be used onboard. Why, I haven’t a clue, unless they think the cigs could be rigged.
“I understand planes do not allow them to be used onboard. Why, I haven’t a clue, unless they think the cigs could be rigged.”
I’ll offer a clue. It is simply that cigarettes have been demonized for years, so anything that “appears” to look like a cigarette is verbotten, comrad. Just the sheeple baa’ing. Try walking through a store, or sitting in a cube, with an unlit cigarette in plain site. The sheeple go crazy with fear of immediate death!
Sometimes the mood strikes me and I will do it just to rile some feathers....
Not to mention an “accidental” bump in the head by the well-stocked purse of any woman passing by!
Not to mention an “accidental” bump in the head by the well-stocked purse of any woman passing by!
It’s one reason I always travel with a cane. The four knee surgeries provide a good excuse, but it’s a great weapon for close-in work.
Colonel, USAFR
My question is, why was he trying to light up an electronic cigarette? Perhaps, it was a bomb since you don’t light up an electronic cigarette.
“My two weapons of choice on an airliner are: The soles on my shoes and my belt.”
Not bad choices but the knee and elbow to the temple or head will stun a person or worse, instantly.
Worthless Saracen bastard.
Those crazy Amish at it again.
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Yep! And those bike riding Mormon missionaries! :-)
Git your ass kicked on Flight 66! Texas style!
So this happens you her a lot?
Right. Airlines regularly turn around and return to the airport they just left for non-security issues.
Hold him down? I wouldn't have been holding him down. He wouldn't have been able to get up. But it wouldn't have been because I was holding him down.
(Of course, I speak of a time when I was young and capable of such things. I assume there were guys in that pile who were not just holding him down!)
LOL! Nice modification.
I have a lot of pent up anger waiting to be unleashed on a goatphuker that does this on any plane I’m on.
“My question is, why was he trying to light up an electronic cigarette? Perhaps, it was a bomb since you don’t light up an electronic cigarette.”
I’m doubtful that he was trying to “light up” the e-cig, as in “light on fire.” It is more likely that the red light iluminated at the end of it, therefore the e-cig “lit up.” Although, the reporting is horrible so it is difficult to say for certain. Between the horrendous reporting by the airline personnel and hte horrendous journalism these days, I am not surprised that we will never know the truth.
Knowing how sheeple behave, I will default that this is most likely some braying at the red light that illuminates on the end of the e-cig.
Later when interviewed about the incident Janet Napolitano stated that an Islamaphobic crowd of homegrown low level terrorists accosted a peace loving passenger on the continental Flight to Houston. Fortunately the passenger was escorted to safety by TSA agents when the plane landed at the the airport. (sarc)
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