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| Passengers and crew subdue man who attempts to exit plane at 30,000 feet. | |
| 2014-04-16 | |
| Flight 722 lifted off from Chicago Midway Sunday afternoon headed to Sacramento, California. The drink cart had just moved through the aisle when witnesses say a man tried to open a plane door, saying he wanted to jump out. The horror at 30,000 feet was caused by a passenger with a history of bizarre behavior and contact with law enforcement. While he currently lives in California, he recently moved there from Chicago's west suburbs, where his arrests are on the books. There are 139 witnesses to what happened onboard the Southwest flight, and almost as many cell phone videos of what happened. A man is charged with assaulting and intimidating a flight crew member and flight attendant, and interfering with the performance of the flight duties. The man, now identified as 23-year-old Joshua Carl Lee Suggs. The jetliner en route to Sacramento, was forced to put down in Omaha, Nebraska. According to the federal complaint, Joshua Carl Lee Suggs pushed past flight attendant attempted to open the exterior door of the aircraft, located in the aft galley. A flight attendant two stepped between Joshua Carl Lee Suggs and the door and called for help, a number of passengers exited their seats and subdued Suggs, who continued to be combative.
"Just tied his hands together and put him in the chair and I think one of the marshals sat with him for the rest of the trip till we got to Omaha," said a witness. | |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 You cannot open airliner doors at altitude, they are plug doors for a reason. Outside psi at 35000 feet is 1psi, the cabin in flight is 10 psi, about the same as being in Denver, sea level is 14 psi. You can have a small breach, bullet hole,in the pressure hull but that will still not result in a catastrophic movie scene. I flew on many a military cargo planes, damn things leak like a sieve. |
| Posted by: Elmoluns Turkeyneck7523 2014-04-16 20:02 |
| #10 Good Flight announcement - for all you flying people Shortly after a British Airways flight had reached its cruising altitude, the captain announced: "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain. Welcome to Flight 293, non-stop from London Heathrow to New York. The weather ahead is good, so we should have a smooth uneventful flight. So, sit back, relax, and.........OH... MY GOD!" Silence followed. Some moments later, the captain came back on the intercom. "Ladies and Gentlemen, I am sorry if I scared you. While I was talking to you, a flight attendant accidentally spilled coffee in my lap. "You should see the front of my pants!" From the back of the plane, an Irish passenger yelled....... "For the luvva Jaysus......you should see the back of mine!" |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-04-16 19:51 |
| #9 I hope somebody has put this guy on the no-fly list. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-04-16 17:13 |
| #8 After 9/11, it is doubtful that terrorists or crazies will hold much sway on planes. This guy is lucky he didn't get killed. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-04-16 16:44 |
| #7 Is two-stepped a nice way to phrase double chicken winged his face into an arm rest? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-04-16 13:34 |
| #6 I read more - panic and drugs, not necessarily in that order, but not terrorism (though no doubt terrifying to all concerned.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-04-16 12:40 |
| #5 Glenmore. Nothing cures panic like looking five miles straight down. Lucky he didn't get the chance. Well, it's practice for the real thing, practice for the passengers, I mean. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2014-04-16 12:33 |
| #4 Sounds like a panic attack to me, not terrorism. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-04-16 12:25 |
| #3 Not to minimize the event, but I doubt anyone was in any real danger. Locking protocols aside, opening the door of an aircraft at altitude, traveling 400-500 mph would require extraordinary strength. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-04-16 10:55 |
| #2 as long as he was not the pilot; let him jump. |
| Posted by: airandee 2014-04-16 10:48 |
| #1 When sitting with children I've often wished I could disembark midflight. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-04-16 10:24 |