Passenger: 'You're all going to die' (Shouts 'Allahu Akbar')

Amarillo.com ^ | October 18, 2011 | Joe Gamm

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Somewhere in the heavens above Amarillo, angry shouts rang out from the back of Southwest Airlines Flight 3683.

“You’re all going to die,” a man dressed in black screamed at passengers Tuesday afternoon. “You’re all going to hell. Allahu Akbar,” translated as God is great in Arabic.

Federal authorities arrested Ali Reza Shahsavari, 29, of Indialantic, Fla., onboard the Boeing 737 after pilots made an emergency landing at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport at 3:30 p.m. He is being held in the Randall County jail on a federal charge of interfering with a flight crew.

None of the 136 passengers and five crew members on the flight from Los Angeles to Kansas City was hurt, said Brad Hawkins, spokesman for Dallas-based Southwest.

[Arrowhead1952]

I think it’s time to ban muslimes from all flights.

[Lady Lucky]

I mean, all you have to say later is, “ He fell down..”

Personally I prefer "He stepped out."

[cmsgop]

Whoa and this happened too..http://www.ksat.com/news/29526902/detail.html

[kingcanuteus]

I wonder if he was Muslim. Oops, my bad. I just made a racist judgement.

[dfwgator]

The likely US response? More full-body scans for grandpa in his wheelchair and for babes in arms.

[tet68]

I mean, all you have to say later is, “ He fell OUT!”

I mean, he thought the boarding door was the cockpit
hatch. Bad mistake but he was somewhat agitated at
the time.

[Wings-n-Wind]

What a dumb@$$...

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[American Quilter]

One more reason why I no longer fly.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

The men told authorities they broke into the courthouse to get a scenic view of San Antonio

Uh-huh . . .

[csvset]

Turns out he was born in Mississippi, Iranian heritage.

Allah Akbar y'all ?

[Snickering Hound]

You see what you get when you serve pretzels instead of lutefisk to Lutherans, Southwest Airlines!?

[Slump Tester]

" We need, as a country to start “neutralizing” the threats."

That was my first thought as well. If someone jabbed a pencil deep in his eye or the base of his neck (purely as a self defense measure), he would have stopped. It would also send a message to other muslims that it's really not a good idea to do things like this.

[dfwgator]

The men told authorities they broke into the courthouse to get a scenic view of San Antonio

What, was the Tower of the Americas closed?

[matginzac]

I read through Drudge that the FBI stated, “...it was not an act of terrorism...”.
Tell that to the folks who were on the plane!
This admin is so damn determined to keep us blind, dumb and stupid, it’s disgusting.

[MestaMachine]

But...it wasn’t terrorism. He just “lost control of himself.” So sayeth the trusty FBI.

[TSgt]

Too bad I wasn’t on that flight. I consider that a threat to my life thus he wouldn’t be alive when the wheels touched the ground.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping

More info.

[JimRed]

The phrase “Allahu akbar”, since it frequently immediately precedes an explosion, should trigger the “stomp him to death” response from the other passengers. More’s the pity that they didn’t do so!

[calico_thompson]

Sudden Jihad Syndrome?

[Vigilanteman]

If he’s not a U.S. citizen, deport him.

What he really needs is to be shown some good old-fashioned Texas hospitality as guest of honor at a necktie party.