Passenger detained after trying to break into Delta cockpit
A male passenger was detained by authorities Thursday night after “repeatedly” trying to break into the cockpit on a Delta flight between New York LaGuardia and Tampa, AFP reports. The flight was ready to land just after 11 p.m., local time, when the man refused to sit down and “became agitated and ran toward the cockpit, where he tried twice to knock down the door,” AFP writes. Tampa airport spokeswoman Brenda Geoghagan says passengers on the flight became concerned about the man’s behavior, adding that three people onboard the flight ultimately “wound up subduing him and holding him." The detained passenger was later identified as a 24-year-old U.S. soldier “with a mental problem” whose active duty was to end next Tuesday, according to AFP. No one was injured in the incident, which was referred to the FBI.
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I find it interesting that we hear about these almost on a weekly basis but we never hear whatever happens to these people. Personaly they should be banned from fly all together.
Tony obviously the heat has affected your judgment. People with disabilities whether they are mental or physical are not to be discriminated against or prevented from traveling by any means and NO we don’t hear about these types of situations every week. In this situation you have to look at a few things that occurred for one he was military, if he was unstable for travel it’s the responsibility to advise the airline and (from AA’s stand point) we would refuse travel. He was on active duty, the mentioned this for a reason, don’t you think?
Tony, if you want to learn more on what happens to these persons after a situation you have to follow up with the local papers that they are reported in, and you will find your answers.
Good girl Liz..........
With a steadily increasing number of cockpit crewmembers becoming armed Federal Flight Deck Officers, anyone making an authorized entrance through the cockpit doors will find themselves dead.
If you are traveling with a mentally unstable loved one, please keep them seated.
I am happy to hear the cockpit door was not breached and commend the passengers for taking action to stop the attack. We all must stay alert and not revert back to a Sept. 10 mentality.
He probably lost it when he realized that he could have gotten better service and amenities for the same price flying AirTran.
"He probably lost it when he realized that he could have gotten better service and amenities for the same price flying AirTran."
Good one, Jon!
Liz
There is a sense of "PERSONEL RESPONSABITY" that needs to be looked at. This latest person KNEW he has a mental problem. I'm a nurse, use to work Pysch, so you are barking at the wrong person. American don't like to take responsiblty for thier own actions, I have seen in the mildest Bi-Polar cases...
Liz, granted that its been 112 for the last couple of day but it hasn't effect my judgement, For the first 3 yrs of my nursing career I was a PSYCH nurse. Something that American don't do is take PERSONEL RESPONSIBLTY for thier actions. Its very easy to BLAME (my mood disorder or my Psych discorder) The lastest problem on the jet, the man KNEW he had a mental problem..
Also before 9/11 how many times did we hear that someone needed to be subdued on a flight ?
Tony
Tony,
Than you, of all people should know that an airline is not at fault or responsible for someone’s actions when it comes to their own mental or physical health. Would you blame the car manufacturer for a persons bad driving? I am not setting blame to anyone but who ever is responsible for the passenger which if he was on active duty than it sits with the military, not the airline! What I was trying to state earlier in my post was that the military should take responsibility because if they were clearly aware of his mental condition and they should have advised the airline. American takes disabilities very seriously, I can’t speak for the other airlines, but I would hope that they do also.
prior to 9/11 no one cared, it wasn't news worthy, now it is.
Liz in what post did I blame the airlines ?? I'm blaming the people for not taking the responsiblity... Granted the military knew, but he knew has mental problems too.. Once again Liz, why wont people take personel responsiblity for thier own actions.
Is the man who killed a family of four resppnsiblity for it, even tho he is a admited alocholic? He has a known mental condition, did he know what he was doing could kill someone ?
All these questions come down to a simple topic, Personel Responsiblity..
Tony