Posted on 09/08/2005 7:09:47 AM PDT by Cagey
Several passengers, including a Hurricane Katrina evacuee, grabbed a violent man aboard a Frontier Airlines flight Tuesday and subdued him, authorities said.
When the plane landed, police found the plane smeared with blood from front to back and Jason Tervort, 26, duct-taped and lying face down in the center aisle.
"They worked him over pretty good," said Denver Police Detective Virginia Lopez. "The passengers did what they had to do."
Flight 147, which had left Houston Tuesday evening, was carrying a number of Hurricane Katrina evacuees, said Monique Kelso, an FBI spokeswoman.
Matthew Meador, 27, a construction worker from Lakewood who was on the plane, said Tervort was acting strangely from almost the moment the plane took off.
According to an FBI arrest affidavit, Tervort got out of his seat shortly after takeoff and began walking "very aggressively" toward the front of the plane. Tervort is accused of pushing and slapping a flight attendant, who called for help.
Several male passengers, including Meador, subdued Tervort as he yelled profanities, spit at passengers and bit them, according to the arrest affidavit.
"It's something I've thought about since 9/11," Meador said. "What would you do if something like that happened? It was surreal."
Others who helped in subduing Tervort included Brad Lewis, 37, a semi-tractor technician from Littleton, and a man who told Meador he had worked at a hotel in New Orleans until the hurricane forced him out. The man told Meador he was traveling to Denver to meet family. Tervort, who authorities said is from Louisiana and recently discharged from the military, faces a federal charge of interfering with a flight crew, records show. Lopez said police have no plans to charge passengers who subdued Tervort with any crimes.
Lewis said he and others taped Tervort's legs to the rails on the underside of the airline seats.
"We just sat there with him the whole time until we landed in Denver," Lewis said. "He was cursing and spitting."
Tervort faces up to 20 years in federal prison.
Outstanding!
"Lopez said police have no plans to charge passengers who subdued Tervort with any crimes. "
They should be given medals. Maybe one with an airplane, duct tape and a flag on the front.
Sometime we come across universal truths...and you just came up with one...
I needed that giggle.
Must be a retrosexual in the room.
Tess
Look at those pointed ears ... yikes!
I have not seen this on Red Green yet.
They were more rounded yesterday.
I had a good seat all picked out!
Yet another writer victimized by a public school education.
Leni
!Sigh! I guess it's replaced baling wire.
His military discharge may shed more light on exactly what ain't right.
Hey, that picture looks like it could have been taken in my neighborhood on any given Sunday morning (after all the "gentle people's" spoiled brats get liquored up and drive around bashing in everybody else's mailbox with a baseball bat! We had to get our mailbox encased in a brick and stone pillar. If they try to bash it with a baseball bat, their hands are going to be in a world of hurt!
I prefer
the oil that creeps.
Perhaps post-viagra shock?
Is Trevort also an evacuee?
Weird!
He had said, "Ladies and gentleman, I have an announcement to make. My name is Jason," according to witnesses.
When flight attendant Sarah Dinkelman tried to get him to sit down, he allegedly pushed and slapped her, saying, "I'm a man," according to the arrest affidavit.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/4947744/detail.html
His nose has been broken at some time in the past ...
I just saw this on a CSI rerun...only the passengers stomped the guy to death.
I think this is why we won't see terrorist attempt another plane hijacking any time soon.
The passengers know darn well that the "sit still and don't make the terrorists mad" approach went out the window on 9/11. They'll do what they have to do in order to prevent anyone from interfering with the aircraft.
So who brought the duct tape to the party? Is that normal airline stock?
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