Hi Debbie,

Was wondering if you have heard anything about the flight from London (LHR) to Mexico that was turned back, supposedly refused entry into US airspace because of one of the passengers on board? I think it happened on Friday, but just read about it today and the details all seem sketchy.

SquareMileWife on February 15, 2010 at 12:57 pm

WHEW!!!

Looks like a false alarm….this time

http://www.freep.com/article/20100215/NEWS06/100215009/1318/Man-pulled-off-Lansing-flight-panic-attack-suspected

“A man believed to have been suffering a panic attack on a jet as it awaited a flight from Lansing to Detroit Metro Airport on Sunday night had to be subdued by other passengers when he tried to exit the plane, an official said today.”

James Kumatsu on February 15, 2010 at 1:12 pm

I propose a new directive for all of our airport and in flight security agents. It’s called “Tag ’em and Bag ’em”, and you know who I am talking about – those a##hole muslims who do stupid stuff like this.

Let’s see, Amsterdam to Detroit or Detroit to Amsterdam, there are just way too many incidents for Homeland Security to ignore this threat anymore. Ban all flights to or from Amsterdam. If someone wants to fly to the U.S. from Amsterdam they should fly from another country that has much better security. It’s too bad no one in our gov’t has the balls to put Amsterdam on a no-fly list.

Jarhead on February 15, 2010 at 1:35 pm

Instead of sweeping every single one of these flight incidents under the rug, airlines should go on the offensive and publish every detail immediately, twitter it, & identify the suspects – prior to formal investigations. The public will demand full accountablility and put flight security apparatus on notice, that none of these incidents are going to be tolerated anymore.

Prone to panic attacks on planes, and insist on flying anyway, then suffer the consequences of being placed on the no-fly list once you insist every paying passenger share your panic experience while on board a passenger jet. Enough already.

Notice that in this particular instance, the passenger demanded a seat near the cockpit, alarming the flight attendant who sought additional assistance from able passengers. Good on the passengers who stepped up to the challenge.

Name and shame the passenger who caused the delay and upset.

wtd on February 15, 2010 at 2:59 pm

TSA is not even allowed to tell us if a he or she, Tried to make an exit mid air extraordinary, I hope there would be be a premature exit fee, Like no head or legs on this brown body!

Lars on February 15, 2010 at 5:18 pm

Why is it so rare that a passenger on one of these potential dry-run flights comes forward and provides an eyewitness account of what transpired? Does the TSA or the airlines threaten passengers to take a vow of silence? Do news reporters not try to track down these sources for an interview? It all seems too well managed. I’m highly suspicious.

KingSlav on February 15, 2010 at 5:49 pm

If a scum bag has to be taken down on a plane they should go down hard.
I remember a spectator running around on a football field one time, years ago. One of the larger players on the field at the time laid a serious smashing tackle one the drunken idiot. Everyone cheered. Or remember the “Fan Man” that crashed his paraglider into the Riddick Bowe vs Evander Holyfield fight? Oh, the ring side fans put a hurting on that moron. He went out all messed up.lol Some of these “martyrs” start ending up needing stitches and they may not want to be so willing to access the cockpit, or get stupid in general.

Joe on February 15, 2010 at 6:58 pm

It’s encouraging to know that passengers are becoming bolder when these incidents occur, instead of waiting like sheep for some nonexistent air marshal to step up.

Graty Slapchop on February 15, 2010 at 7:55 pm

yes congrats to all passengers who have the balls and brains to take down any of these creeps – and ya take them down HARD!!…real HARD…and just maybe we can send a message out to these muzzie freaks…sure as hell our politicians wont.

BIG IRISH on February 15, 2010 at 8:19 pm

This was just Kevin Smith on another flight. Seems its not safe to get between Kevin and the dessert cart…

Love the guy, hate the weight..

Reality Check on February 15, 2010 at 9:02 pm

I guess falling to sleep on the plane is no longer an option.

sharon on February 15, 2010 at 10:38 pm

Well, I guess we can all sit around bitchin’ about it… or not:

http://freemendo.typepad.com/undaunted/2010/02/hereabout-bombs-beng-surgcally-mplanted-nto-bombers—-the-thing-with-this-type-of-device-is-that-the-most-likely-detonator.html

Undaunted on February 16, 2010 at 9:27 am

If the Muslim terrorist does have a bomb, open the jets door (at a low enough altitude and speed) and toss him out the door.

Truth on February 16, 2010 at 12:09 pm