Airline: Passenger Tries To Open Plane Door - Man Restrained On Flight (Passengers fight back)

WFSB ^ | August 25, 2007 | AP

[LurkedLongEnough]

DENVER, Colo. -- A passenger tried to open a plane door during a Frontier Airlines flight on Saturday morning but was subdued by airline staff and passengers, an airline spokesman said.

Police and Transport Security Administration staff met Flight 514 after the plane landed in New York City and took the man into custody, said Frontier spokesman Joe Hodas.

Hodas said the man would not have been able to open the door even if he had not been subdued. "You need special training to open the door," he said.

There were 128 passengers and five crew members on the plane, Hodas said.

Passenger Bobby Vigil of Estes Park told KUSA-TV the man had been acting strangely. The man, whose name was not released, was restrained for the remainder of the flight.

"I turn around and hear the flight attendant yelling for someone to help her because he opened the back door of the plane. The whole rest of the flight, all the way in, he was yelling and trying to bite the tape, and they ended up restraining him with an extra lap belt," said Vigil.

[the invisib1e hand]

gee, can’t wait for the details.

[jdm]

What’s his name?

[RichInOC]

Restraints aren’t enough. We need ejection seats.

[Petronski]

That’s life-and-death self-defense. If they can only stop him by killing him, the law is okay with it.

[steveo]

Bill Jones strikes again!

[Texas Eagle]

Passenger Bobby Vigil of Estes Park told KUSA-TV the man had been acting strangely.

Cool last name Bobby.

[353FMG]

Give the guy a good tongue lashing and let him go.

[NittanyLion]

The whole rest of the flight, all the way in, he was yelling and trying to bite the tape, and they ended up restraining him with an extra lap belt," said Vigil.

One wonders why they left him conscious...

[HardStarboard]

>>>What’s his name?<<<

It's sure to be Ole, Rolf, Ingmar, Sven or Mohammed.

Take your pick!

[A.A. Cunningham]

Hodas said the man would not have been able to open the door even if he had not been subdued. "You need special training to open the door," he said.

You need to depressurize the cabin first, Joe.

[VR-21]

It is hell when you need a ciggarette.

[Issaquahking]

There is nothing the government can do better than the private U.S. Citizen!

[the invisib1e hand]

and they ended up restraining him with an extra lap belt,"

A Glock would have been much more effective.

[patton]

Special training to open the door? Against 14 PPSI?

Yeah, you would need training. And a winch.

[goodnesswins]

We have a friend who was on a flight when a woman tried doing this - probably 10 years ago.....he and another guy grabbed her.....she was in a panic (flying).....or crazy.

[mrsmel]

ROFLMAO! The mental image you gave me!

[RDTF]

[r9etb]

It's sure to be Ole, Rolf, Ingmar, Sven or Mohammed. Take your pick!

I'll put my money on a name like John, David, or Phil; belonging to a gentleman who had had too much to drink, prescription medications in his blood, and a history of clinical depression.

Sheesh. Why do folks have a crying need for every nutjob to be a Muslim terrorist?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

You sound stressed, Achmed.

[bfree]

Sheesh. Why do folks have a crying need for every nutjob to be a Muslim terrorist?

Because the odds are very good. You must be an apologist for the cult of death.

[RDTF]

[Cementjungle]

Cool last name Bobby.

His sister Ima married a guy named Ante. She's Ima Vigil-Ante.

[BipolarBob]

"You need special training to open the door," he said.

I'm sure some helpful person will list step by step instructions on what is needed to open an airline door in flight. For informational purposes only of course.

[eyedigress]

D.B. Cooper :^)

[Polybius]

gee, can’t wait for the details.

The man's name was Michael Vick and the pasangers ate him.

Burrrp!

[cricket]

Name not released? Pending notification of 'relatives'?

Oh well; maybe just a recently released 'patient'; or someone who was sure his fear of flying was cured.

[ccmay]

When this happens, what is left of the perpetrator should be taken off the plane in three or four Hefty bags and a mop bucket. And the TV cameras should be there.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Take your pick!

Mohammed's going off a 3-1 favorite.

[NittanyLion]

I'm sure some helpful person will list step by step instructions on what is needed to open an airline door in flight.

Superstrength would be a good start. Either that or the ability to depressurize the cabin.

[Normal4me]

How bad does a flight have to suck that you are willing to leave in midair?

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Remember this one?

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/12/15/MN137139.DTL

[NittanyLion]

How bad does a flight have to suck that you are willing to leave in midair?

Good question

[Cringing Negativism Network]

OK Achmed, I apologize. I really do. :)

You were right:

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070825/LOCAL/708250463

[Pablo64]

While that looks cool in print (and in English), his last name is most likely pronounced VEE-hill (Spanish pronunciation).

[the invisib1e hand]

Sheesh. Why do folks have a crying need for every nutjob to be a Muslim terrorist?

You're right. silly us. why would we ever think such a thing? He's probably just a normal american guy. certainly not anyone "testing" us. naaahhh. I mean, really! What are the odds he'd be a Muslim terrorist?

[Dianna]

Because the odds are very good. You must be an apologist for the cult of death.

As if we never had people acting wacky on planes before 9-11.

I'll vote for regular American nutbar.

[shield]

Couldn't open the door without special training...

What makes them think...he didn't have that special training...geezzz

[martin_fierro]

Jeffrey K. Chang, 30, Santa Clara, Calif., was arrested when the Frontier Airlines flight was diverted to Indianapolis International Airport.

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[Recovering Ex-hippie]

DING! DING!

AND WE HAVE A WINNER ON THIS THREAD!!!!!!

[Dianna]

It seems his name was Jeffery Chang.

Chang reportedly was upset that there was another passenger in the seat next to him and punched that passenger in the face, requiring treatment when the plane landed.

[gc4nra]

Good thing Bobby was Vigil-ant!

(Somebody had to say it.)

[Normal4me]

aaahhh.....trying to leave the scene of the crime! lol

[gc4nra]

Probably showing a George Clooney movie.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

“...and hear the flight attendant yelling for someone to help her because he opened the back door of the plane...”

It doesn’t sound like the stewardess was all that confident that the man would NOT be able to open the door.

Special training. Pah.

[vox humana]

Airline: Passenger Tries To Open Plane Door

When I read the first part of the headline, I thought some guy was trying to get off a plane that had been delayed on the ground for several hours. LOL

[RDTF]

Yep, never once thought otherwise

[Strategerist]

Because the odds are very good. You must be an apologist for the cult of death

So for anything bad that happens anywhere, for anyone to suggest that it wasn't caused by a Muslim is a Muslim terrorist supporter?

[gotribe]

Please explain. Why do you have to depressurize the cabin to open the door?

[skimbell]

That's what I thought,

"...just doing jobs that American's won't do..."