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Naked French Tunisian Passenger Storms Cockpit and Forces Air France Plane to Land
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| Tue Aug 20, 1:27 PM ET
| AP
Posted on 08/20/2002 12:20:05 PM PDT by Destro
Naked Passenger Forces Plane to Land
Tue Aug 20, 1:27 PM ET
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - An Air France flight bound for Oslo, Norway, was forced to make an emergency landing in Belgium after a naked passenger tried to storm the cockpit, authorities said Tuesday.
The flight which left Paris shortly before 20.15 local time on Monday was rerouted to Brussels international airport after the 31-year-old stripped off all his clothes at his seat and tried to force his way into the cockpit, officials at the Brussels prosecutor's office said.
The pilot requested help from Belgian air traffic control which allowed the plane to land. The man, a French national of Tunisian origin was removed from the plane and arrested by police. He was later released without being charged.
Authorities did not give his name of the passenger and did not say why he tried to storm the flight deck.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: france
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Naked Tunisian storms cockpit. The jokes write themselves.
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posted on
08/20/2002 12:20:05 PM PDT
by
Destro
To: Destro
He was later released without being charged. I guess this is normal behavior for the French.
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posted on
08/20/2002 12:22:02 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
To: Destro
To: Destro
He had a captive audience.
To: Destro
Imagine Girard Depardieu (sp?) running butt-nekked at you screaming "I surrender! I surrender!"
To: My2Cents
I guess this is normal behavior for the French. They saw he had a small weapon, took pity, and released him...
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posted on
08/20/2002 12:23:11 PM PDT
by
IncPen
To: Destro
good thing they landed in Belgium. The French would have surrendered to him!
To: Destro
All I saw was this big DI## IN his hand and him screaming i"ll use it. So I pulled out my box cutter and he returned to his seat.
To: Destro
Released without being charged -- sounds typical for a European country. Had he actually killed somebody he might have done even better.
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posted on
08/20/2002 12:26:07 PM PDT
by
Naspino
To: Destro
An Air France flight bound for Oslo, Norway...I guess the unruly passenger had a big Johannsen.
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posted on
08/20/2002 12:29:09 PM PDT
by
Illbay
To: Destro
"He was later released without being charged."LoL!
To: Unknown Freeper
Actually...that link doesn't work.
To: Unknown Freeper
Oh, now it does. Free Repub is weird today.
To: BlessingInDisguise
Apparently the French passengers were liberally conditioned enough to DO NOTHING. Pathetic.
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posted on
08/20/2002 12:38:20 PM PDT
by
aimhigh
To: Destro
The man, a French national of Tunisian origin was removed from the plane and arrested by police. He was later released without being charged. What!!!!!!!!What! is with these French SOBs. This guy needs to be put under the jail and not released with no charges.
Sheeeeeesh!
To: larryjohnson; Snow Bunny; LadyX; Billie; Scuttlebutt; COB1; razorback-bert; beowolf; MistyCA; ...
Scuttlebutt sends word he is unavoidably delayed in getting back to the ship, something about being taken off a plane, but he says he was released without being charged...
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posted on
08/20/2002 12:43:49 PM PDT
by
ofMagog
To: Destro
One wonders if his boyfriend was flying the plane.
To: wirestripper
Tunisian origin Doesn't that make him another Wierd Arab?
To: Destro
Having been to Oslo, I can understand his lack of willingness to go there.
Next time, however, bloke: don't board the plane!
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
08/20/2002 12:47:25 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
To: Destro
"Air France is pleased to announce the addition of a new form of entertainment: the In-Flight Moonvie".
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posted on
08/20/2002 12:47:30 PM PDT
by
nravoter
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