Methodist man yelling “Praise Jesus” rushes cockpit on flight

9 May

Well, actually, he was yelling “Allahu Ackbar” but you wanna bet the media ignores that part?

A Yemeni man was tackled by crew members when he rushed the cockpit on a flight to San Francisco.
The AP reported:+

Crew members and passengers wrestled a 28-year-old man to the cabin floor after he began pounding on the cockpit as an American Airlines flight approached San Francisco, the third security incident in a day on U.S. planes, authorities said Monday.

The man was yelling unintelligibly as he brushed past a flight attendant about 10 minutes before American Airlines Flight 1561 was due at San Francisco International Airport Sunday night, Sgt. Michael Rodriguez of the San Francisco police said.

A male flight attendant tackled the suspect, who carried a Yemen passport, and other crew members aided as the suspect banged on the cockpit door.

“He asked for help; a couple of passengers joined in,” Rodriguez told The Associated Press. “They were able to get him to ground and a flight attendant put him in plastic handcuffs.”

The Boeing 737 carrying 162 people landed safely at 9:10 p.m. and the man was taken into police custody.

He was identified as 28-year-old Rageit Almurisi. Though he carried a Yemen passport, it wasn’t clear if his nationality was also Yemeni, Rodgriguez said.

Gee, who would have thought he would yell that?

UPDATE! Linked by The Other McCain, who suspects Lutherans!

One Response to “Methodist man yelling “Praise Jesus” rushes cockpit on flight”

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  1. Passenger With a Yemeni Passport Charges Cockpit Yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ : The Other McCain - May 10, 2011

    [...] was yelling “Allahu Akbar.”Just another unhinged radical Lutheran, I’m sure . . .Doug at Daley Gator suspects the Methodists, but this has all the hallmarks of the dreaded Lutheran Menace.(Via Memeorandum.)Category: [...]

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