Posted on 03/18/2015 6:50:05 AM PDT by Kaled
Donna Tellam was among the 33 passengers and six crew members aboard the Denver-bound flight that left Dulles about 10:15 p.m. She was relaxing in her seat in first class, playing a game on her phone, when a man came running down the aisle toward the cockpit.
He was waving his arms and yelling, she said.
The man, whom Tellam described as small and thin with dark hair, was clearly distressed. He kept saying that the plane "was going too slow, that it was going to fall... and all of us were going to die," Tellam said Tuesday, recounting the experience from her home in Boulder, Colo....
He made it to the area where flight attendants typically sit outside the cockpit before three men tackled him, she said.
Tellam also told her husband that the passenger was saying "jihadists" were on the plane, but authorities have offered no details on the incident....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
The only disaster would be if ALL the passengers stopped believing the airplane is capable of flying, the mechanism that generates lift. Just one passenger losing confidence might only be responsible for no more than 100’ of altitude, IMHO.
Discovered he was flying on United.
‘Sardine can’ seating cut off the blood flow to his brain.
Some folks never think about what their last act will be.
Sounds like a Gilligan’s Island episode.
No frequent flyer miles for you!
Agree it appears that stupidity is growing now days.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.