American attendant disrupts flight to Chicago (terror?)

Chicago Tribune ^ | March 9, 2012 | Gregory Karp and Ashley Rueff

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Raw Video (2): An American Airlines flight attendant disrupted a flight Friday morning as it was about to take off from Dallas Fort/Worth en route to Chicago, saying over the aircraft intercom system that the plane was going to crash, alluding to 9/11 terrorist attacks and ranting about the airline's bankruptcy reorganization, passengers said.

Passengers ended up restraining the flight attendant in the plane cabin until airport police arrived.

Two flight attendants were injured in the incident and were taken to a local hospital. No passengers were injured, and they were never in danger, an airline spokeswoman said.

The flight attendant who caused the commotion continued to scream as she was handcuffed by police and placed into a police car, passengers on the flight told the Tribune after they exited the plane at Chicago O'Hare.

"I will never get that sound of her screaming out of my head," said Bethany Christakos of Plano, Texas. "It took a good 10 minutes, it felt like, to get her off of the plane."

[peggybac]

After listening I now feel so horrible for her. I hope she gets the help she needs.

[engrpat]

Our local news (DFW) reported this evening that she is bi-polar and hadn’t taken her medication.

[2nd amendment mama]

I really feel sorry for her for having such a medical condition. That said, I don’t think that she should be employed in a position that requires critical thinking and calmness in the event of an emergency. Let’s put it this way, I wouldn’t want to trust her with my life.

[U-238]

Nothing better than a flight attendant in psychatric care and having a mental meltdown in a flight. Flight attendants have the highest stress jobs. They have to deal with drunk,unruly passengers and other horrors on a daily basis. I think that they should be checked out the same way pilots are cleared to fly.

[U-238]

I wonder how many flight attendants that on a verge of a mental meltdown up there right now

[Lancey Howard]

saying over the aircraft intercom system that the plane was going to crash

If I'm a passenger, there's no way on God's green earth I stay on that plane. Who knows what kind of psychic connection to the future this, uh, psycho might have? Wouldn't chance it..

[DCBryan1]

I wonder how many flight attendants that on a verge of a mental meltdown up there right now.

Well, they are all gay or women, so ALL OF THEM! <./Bill Mahar sick humor>

[Popman]

Perhaps this particular demon suffered from a fear of flying, and suddenly realized that he chose poorly.

LOL...I need a new keyboard....coffee all over it

[KeyLargo]

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