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Mar 28, 2012 3:39 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight


It was an extraordinarily rare incident in the air - and a frightening one for passengers: A JetBlue captain was locked out of the cockpit and wrestled to the floor by passengers after screaming about a bomb during a flight from New York to Las Vegas.

JetBlue said that the captain of Flight 191, which was diverted to Texas on Tuesday morning, had a "medical situation" and that an off-duty captain traveling on the flight entered the cockpit before the landing "and took over the duties of the ill crewmember once on the ground" in Amarillo.

The co-pilot became concerned that the captain was behaving erratically during the flight, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating in coordination with the FBI, the Transportation Security Administration and Amarillo police.

"The captain had exited the cockpit during the flight, after which the co-pilot locked the door," said Brie Sachse, an FAA spokeswoman. "When the captain attempted to enter the locked cockpit, he was subdued by passengers."

Tony Antolino, a security executive from Rye, N.Y., realized something was wrong on the flight when the captain left the cockpit and starting walking erratically through the cabin, drinking water and becoming agitated.

Antolino, 40, says he and several other passengers realized they needed to subdue him after the co-pilot locked the captain out of the cockpit. The captain started yelling about Iraq and Afghanistan, then told passengers to start reciting the Lord's prayer.

"That's when everybody just tackled him and took him down," says Antolino, an executive with a security firm headed to an industry conference. "We just physically stood on top of him until the flight was diverted and we landed in Amarillo."

Although flight attendants have had outbursts and had to be restrained, it's extraordinarily rare for a pilot. The incident raises questions about pilots' mental and physical fitness as well as passengers' safety when a captain and first officer are behind locked and hardened cockpit doors.
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Mar 28, 2012 3:40 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
Tom Murphy, another passenger, told CNN the flight attendants tried to take the captain to the back of the plane, but he broke free and ran to the front, threatening to blow up the plane and saying there was a bomb on board.

"He started screaming about al-Qaeda and possibly a bomb on the plane and Iraq and Iran and about how we were all going down," Gabriel Schonzeit of New York City, who was seated in the third row, told the Amarillo Globe-News. "It seemed like he went crazy."

Heidi Karg, another passenger on the flight, told CNN that the man was shouting "I need the code, gimme the code, I need to get in there."

"We heard the word 'bomb,'" Karg said. "We didn't know exactly what was going on."

Several passengers wrestled the captain to the floor. David Gonzalez, 50, a former New York City Department of Corrections officer, told ABC News he put the captain in a choke hold.

"We got to get this plane down," Gonzalez, who was traveling to an annual security show, said he recalled thinking. "This guy is nuts."

Former pilot John Cox, president of Safety Operation Systems, said he could recall only a couple of incidents similar to Tuesday's in 40 years in commercial aviation.

Cox said the first officer could have landed the plane safely, even without assistance from the off-duty captain. Cox said crew members are trained to restrain combative passengers under a program called Crew Resource Management that could have applied to the pilot.

"The same training to restrain an abusive passenger that presents a physical threat could be utilized against a crewmember," Cox said. "It was great that there was another captain that was on the flight that could assist the first officer. Had he not been there, though, the first officer is completely capable and trained to land the aircraft. There was never a risk to the passengers."
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Mar 28, 2012 3:41 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
Holy Icarus!uh oh
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Mar 28, 2012 3:55 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
Class5
Class5Class5Skankytown, Queensland Australia4 Threads 1,010 Posts
Wow wow And I thought Jetstar was crap. laugh
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Mar 28, 2012 3:56 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
vinny1967
vinny1967vinny1967Dublin, Cork Ireland131 Threads 7 Polls 11,475 Posts
Conrad73: Holy Icarus!


I read about this earlier Con.

Passengers reacted well. Apparently otherwise a normal guy. Wonder what made him flip ?
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Mar 28, 2012 3:56 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
minnie50
minnie50minnie50puerto plata, Puerto Plata Dominican Republic3 Threads 2 Polls 710 Posts
A very sad incident. working under to much pressure and stress.
a flight attendant had a sad incident ,the investigators said she
is bi polar and she wasn't taking her meds. sad because they put in
risk many lives, sad because they both will lose their jobs.
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Mar 28, 2012 4:01 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
Class5: Wow And I thought Jetstar was crap.
kinda turns you off flying,hmmm?laugh
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Mar 28, 2012 4:08 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
trueheart1941
trueheart1941trueheart1941brentwood essex, Essex, England UK27 Threads 8,005 Posts
vinny1967: I read about this earlier Con.

Passengers reacted well. Apparently otherwise a normal guy. Wonder what made him flip ?
..hi vinney....is air lingus still recruiting.......dunno dunno rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
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Mar 28, 2012 4:11 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
vinny1967: I read about this earlier Con.

Passengers reacted well. Apparently otherwise a normal guy. Wonder what made him flip ?
Don't know,but the Stress could flip anyone!
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Mar 28, 2012 4:17 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
vinny1967
vinny1967vinny1967Dublin, Cork Ireland131 Threads 7 Polls 11,475 Posts
Conrad73: Don't know,but the Stress could flip anyone!


thumbs up Biggest killer in the world.
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Mar 28, 2012 4:18 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
vinny1967: Biggest killer in the world.
got that right!thumbs up
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Mar 28, 2012 4:21 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
vinny1967
vinny1967vinny1967Dublin, Cork Ireland131 Threads 7 Polls 11,475 Posts
trueheart1941: ..hi vinney....is air lingus still recruiting.......


Breasts, red hair, cead mile failte, cupla focail and an ability to dance dancingsanta are necessary before you even get an application.

You only qualify in the first criteria tongue laugh

cheers
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Mar 28, 2012 4:22 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
vinny1967: Breasts, red hair, cead mile failte, cupla focail and an ability to dance are necessary before you even get an application.

You only qualify in the first criteria
wow wow laugh
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Mar 28, 2012 4:28 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
trueheart1941
trueheart1941trueheart1941brentwood essex, Essex, England UK27 Threads 8,005 Posts
vinny1967: Breasts, red hair, cead mile failte, cupla focail and an ability to dance are necessary before you even get an application.

You only qualify in the first criteria
blues you mean a toilet attendant......rolling on the floor laughing laugh
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Mar 28, 2012 4:30 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
Jeeepers
JeeepersJeeepersCowpet Bay, Saint Thomas Virgin Islands (USA)21 Threads 6,482 Posts
Mar 28, 2012 4:32 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
vinny1967
vinny1967vinny1967Dublin, Cork Ireland131 Threads 7 Polls 11,475 Posts
trueheart1941: you mean a toilet attendant......


Nope you wouldn't even qualify for that.

Your too



























Engerlish tongue laugh
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Mar 28, 2012 5:29 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
trueheart1941
trueheart1941trueheart1941brentwood essex, Essex, England UK27 Threads 8,005 Posts
In response to: http://tucsoncitizen.com/usa-today-news/2012/03/27/jetblue-captain-subdued-after-erratic-behavior/

It was an extraordinarily rare incident in the air - and a frightening one for passengers: A JetBlue captain was locked out of the cockpit and wrestled to the floor by passengers after screaming about a bomb during a flight from New York to Las Vegas.

JetBlue said that the captain of Flight 191, which was diverted to Texas on Tuesday morning, had a "medical situation" and that an off-duty captain traveling on the flight entered the cockpit before the landing "and took over the duties of the ill crewmember once on the ground" in Amarillo.

The co-pilot became concerned that the captain was behaving erratically during the flight, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating in coordination with the FBI, the Transportation Security Administration and Amarillo police.

"The captain had exited the cockpit during the flight, after which the co-pilot locked the door," said Brie Sachse, an FAA spokeswoman. "When the captain attempted to enter the locked cockpit, he was subdued by passengers."

Tony Antolino, a security executive from Rye, N.Y., realized something was wrong on the flight when the captain left the cockpit and starting walking erratically through the cabin, drinking water and becoming agitated.

Antolino, 40, says he and several other passengers realized they needed to subdue him after the co-pilot locked the captain out of the cockpit. The captain started yelling about Iraq and Afghanistan, then told passengers to start reciting the Lord's prayer.

"That's when everybody just tackled him and took him down," says Antolino, an executive with a security firm headed to an industry conference. "We just physically stood on top of him until the flight was diverted and we landed in Amarillo."

Although flight attendants have had outbursts and had to be restrained, it's extraordinarily rare for a pilot. The incident raises questions about pilots' mental and physical fitness as well as passengers' safety when a captain and first officer are behind locked and hardened cockpit doors.
crying crying crying crying
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Mar 28, 2012 5:31 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
trueheart1941
trueheart1941trueheart1941brentwood essex, Essex, England UK27 Threads 8,005 Posts
.......OOOOOOOOOOps....meant for vinney......doh doh
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Mar 28, 2012 6:46 PM CST JetBlue Captain Subdued After Erratic Behavior on Flight
vinny1967
vinny1967vinny1967Dublin, Cork Ireland131 Threads 7 Polls 11,475 Posts
The guy is being charged

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