Posted on 12/10/2005 5:03:13 PM PST by WatchingInAmazement
A suspect is in federal custody after passengers say he threatened an infant and tried to charge the cockpit of an airplane en route to Honolulu. No air marshal was aboard, but seven passengers tackled and subdued him.
Passengers say the man's strange behavior started just a couple hours after Northwest Flight 91 took off from Los Angeles.
"He came up to first class several times, and at one point he really startled me... He came up to my left shoulder, and he got right in my face and he said something in Spanish -- he said something about medicine, like 'I need medicine,'" said passenger Linda Deckard from California.
She says the man even gestured threats toward a baby with a cell phone cord, and couldn't sit still. But thanks to one father's planning, a group of passengers are heroes to nearly 200 people on the flight.
"We got the word around first class that if he makes a move for the cockpit door, he's going down," said passenger Mike Deckard. "And that's just what happened. He made a move for the cockpit door and we were on top of him."
He and six others bound the suspect's hands and feet with a belt and cords from an on-board restraint pack.
"I think he's a hero," says Michael Deckard, age 13, about his dad. "I think he did a good job. Obviously he's watching a little bit of football with that tackle. Go dad!"
"If anybody's wants to try something, remember - there are 200 other people on the aircraft who are gonna stop you," Mike Deckard said.
The suspect is a 37-year-old Mexican national. He bit one man who helped tackle him -- a Honolulu Marathon runner who had to get a tetanus shot when they landed.
Passengers were questioned for a couple of hours after landing. The suspect is being held at the federal detention center.
Passengers were questioned for a couple of hours after landing. The suspect is being held at the federal detention center.
Has anyone heard this reported anywhere by the MSM?
Earlier thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1538004/posts
aircraft passengers gone wild
They don't say whether he was legal or illegal, so I'm assuming he's illegal.
Thanks! I searched. So sorry it wasn't listed under any of ther keywords.
Has anyone heard this reported anywhere by the MSM?
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They will shelter this maggot because he is a Mexican, and most likely, not a citizen. How unusual...
Probably just figured he'd get some free meds. It worked out so well for that guy last week. ;)
"he threatened an infant..."
How exactly do you threaten an infant?
Just another example that the passengers are the new first line of defense.
Another mentally unstable person without their meds.....
Kudo's to the passengers...
After 9/11 people just aren't taking any chances. Good for them.
""I think he's a hero," says Michael Deckard, age 13, about his dad. "I think he did a good job. Obviously he's watching a little bit of football with that tackle. Go dad!""
Well, that's one boy who sounds like he is being brought up right.
Maybe they should let him go. That way he could do a job that Americans won't do.
Message to anyone out there. . .not taking their medication and who wants to travel. . .
STAY home.
Brilliant:"How exactly do you threaten an infant?"
They are probably talking about this quote
"She says the man even gestured threats toward a baby with a cell phone cord,"
This Mexican guy changed his mind mid-flight about wanting to do the work that Hawaiians won't do.
In other news, John F. Kerry is checking with the
United Nations to see if it's okay to tackle
a bonkers passenger on an airliner.
Way to go, American guys!
They don't say whether he was legal or illegal, so I'm assuming he's illegal.
To me, a Mexican national would be a legal Mexican citizen. Not that it matters, that's just the way I read it.
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