Jet Blue Pilot In FBI Custody After Nervous Breakdown On Flight 191 To Las Vegas Forces Emergency Landing In Amarillo Texas
A JetBlue captain went berserk on a flight from Kennedy Airport to Las Vegas today in an incident that forced the plane to make an emergency landing, passengers and authorities said.
“Say your prayers!” the crazed pilot screamed as he ran up and down the aisle, a passenger told The Post.
“Someone next to me said he was saying something about bombs,” recounted the passenger, Tiffany Lee, a 26-year-old Las Vegas resident. The Amarillo Globe-News also quoted passengers on board saying the pilot was screaming about al Qaeda.
Laurie Dhue, a former FOX News Channel anchor who was on board the flight, told the network passengers could hear the pilot using the words “Afghanistan” and “Israel” during the tirade.
The crazed captain’s outburst came after he was booted from the cockpit, passengers said.
He banged on the cockpit door asking to be let back in before passengers subdued him, said authorities.
Four passengers, including a retired NYPD sergeant jumped up and held the man down, Fox 5 reported.
“It was so scary,” said Lee. “People around me were freaking out a little bit. The girl next to me was saying, ‘Oh my god, what If I never talk to my fiancé again?’ ”
JetBlue Flight 191 — an Airbus A320 that can hold 150 people — made its emergency landing in Amarillo, Texas.
Grainy YouTube footage purportedly taken by one passenger aboard the flight after its landing showed a scrum at the front of the plane as an attendant reminded them to stay seated and scolded people for taking video, saying, “We don’t need pictures of this, please.”
JetBlue said in a statement that the captain had a “medical situation” and was taken to an Amarillo hospital.
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PASSENGERS and crew on a flight in the US have been forced to restrain a flight attendant who began ranting over the public-address system that the plane was going to crash.
The Dallas Observer, which spoke to two passengers on the flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago, reported police removed the kicking and screaming flight attendant from the plane after the incident.
"We are not taking off," she said as the plane was taxiing on the runway, according to the passengers. "We're having technical difficulties. We are heading back to the gate."
Although another crew member told passengers to disregard her warning, the flight attendant kept ranting about technical problems.
According to The Dallas Morning News, she also referred to the airline's bankruptcy reorganisation during her tirade.
"Captain," she said. "I am not responsible for crashing this plane."
Some passengers joined crew members in restraining the flight attendant. The plane was delayed for 90 minutes, according to local media.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/...-plane-over-rant/story-e6frfq80-1226295601218
A JetBlue captain went berserk on a flight from Kennedy Airport to Las Vegas today in an incident that forced the plane to make an emergency landing, passengers and authorities said.
“Say your prayers!” the crazed pilot screamed as he ran up and down the aisle, a passenger told The Post.
“Someone next to me said he was saying something about bombs,” recounted the passenger, Tiffany Lee, a 26-year-old Las Vegas resident. The Amarillo Globe-News also quoted passengers on board saying the pilot was screaming about al Qaeda.
Laurie Dhue, a former FOX News Channel anchor who was on board the flight, told the network passengers could hear the pilot using the words “Afghanistan” and “Israel” during the tirade.
The crazed captain’s outburst came after he was booted from the cockpit, passengers said.
He banged on the cockpit door asking to be let back in before passengers subdued him, said authorities.
Four passengers, including a retired NYPD sergeant jumped up and held the man down, Fox 5 reported.
“It was so scary,” said Lee. “People around me were freaking out a little bit. The girl next to me was saying, ‘Oh my god, what If I never talk to my fiancé again?’ ”
JetBlue Flight 191 — an Airbus A320 that can hold 150 people — made its emergency landing in Amarillo, Texas.
Grainy YouTube footage purportedly taken by one passenger aboard the flight after its landing showed a scrum at the front of the plane as an attendant reminded them to stay seated and scolded people for taking video, saying, “We don’t need pictures of this, please.”
JetBlue said in a statement that the captain had a “medical situation” and was taken to an Amarillo hospital.
http://bossip.com/563640/jet-blue-captain-goes-berserk30346/
PASSENGERS and crew on a flight in the US have been forced to restrain a flight attendant who began ranting over the public-address system that the plane was going to crash.
The Dallas Observer, which spoke to two passengers on the flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago, reported police removed the kicking and screaming flight attendant from the plane after the incident.
"We are not taking off," she said as the plane was taxiing on the runway, according to the passengers. "We're having technical difficulties. We are heading back to the gate."
Although another crew member told passengers to disregard her warning, the flight attendant kept ranting about technical problems.
According to The Dallas Morning News, she also referred to the airline's bankruptcy reorganisation during her tirade.
"Captain," she said. "I am not responsible for crashing this plane."
Some passengers joined crew members in restraining the flight attendant. The plane was delayed for 90 minutes, according to local media.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/...-plane-over-rant/story-e6frfq80-1226295601218
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