No federal case after man tries to open jet door

[brewdogmike]

I'm so glad I've never had anything like this happen to me on a flight:

WASHINGTON - Federal authorities have declined to prosecute a man who tried to open a cabin door during a United flight from Los Angeles to Washington Dulles on Tuesday night.

Flight 890 was about two hours from Dulles when the man walked to the rear of the plane and flipped up the handle on the rear cabin door.

Those doors cannot be opened when a plane is in flight, but that didn't stop passengers from jumping onto and restraining the man.

... get this:

The official said the man, who was wearing military fatigues and spoke Portuguese and little English, was apparently a boxer and was described as walking around the cabin during the flight, trying to attract attention by throwing punches into the air. "He was strutting his stuff," the official said.
Even though federal authorities won't prosecute, local prosecutors are considering some charges.

Ken Wolfenberger, of Whittier, Calif., who was on the flight, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that he helped subdue the unruly passenger. The man wore patches on his fatigues with special forces and jujitsu champion logos, Wolfenberger said.

The man had been acting strangely for about 20 minutes, then sat up, wrapped belts around his hands and threw punches into the air, Wolfenberger said.

Wolfenberger said he heard a flight attendant yell for help and tell the man, “Sir, get your hand off the handle.”

“Any time you hear a flight attendant shout ‘please help,’ you worry that something pretty bad is going to happen,” he said.

He earned, and received, a well-deserved beat-down from his fellow passengers.

[Sarge]

I would have stuffed those jujitsu patches up his ass

[Destino]

I would have stuffed those jujitsu patches up his ass

hahaha Hell yeah! I'd have helped you do it. Flights are stressful enough without some nut pulling some crazy BS.

[Sarge]

hahaha Hell yeah! I'd have helped you do it. Flights are stressful enough without some nut pulling some crazy BS.

Strangely enough, I've come to loath flying, although i still do quite a bit of it

But somebody acting like that? I would have told him to sit the **** down long before he got to the door

[IONTOP]

I would have stuffed those jujitsu patches up his ass

"Is this some kinda gay thing?" - Dante from Clerks the animated series...