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2020-05-06 -Lurid Crime Tales-

3 Marines Tackle, Subdue Threatening Passenger on Long-Haul Flight

[Mil.com] Three Marines who sprang into action to restrain a hostile and disruptive fellow passenger are now being recognized by their unit commanding officer for their bravery and quick thinking.

The incident happened Monday on a flight from Tokyo to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas. The three North Carolina-based Marines, all assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, were Capt. Daniel Kult, Sgt. John Dietrick and Pfc. Alexander Meinhardt. They had been traveling back to the U.S. for various reasons, about halfway through a six-month Unit Deployment Program pump in Okinawa.

During the flight, according to a Marine Corps news release, a passenger barricaded himself inside one of the plane's bathrooms and loudly began to make what officials described as threatening comments.

"While watching a movie during my flight from Japan to Texas, I started to hear screaming coming from the restroom on board," Dietrick, an infantry assault section leader from Mechanicsville, Virginia, said in a statement. "When I took off my headphones, I heard a man sounding very distraught and screaming from the bathroom."

The Marines then moved quickly, according to the release. While a flight attendant got the door unlocked, the three men grabbed the passenger and used flex ties to bind him. They took him back to a seat and stayed with him to make sure he remained restrained for the rest of the flight.

"I knew I had to step in when he became a danger to others and himself," said Meinhardt, a mortarman from Sparta, Wisconsin. "I didn't think twice about helping restrain him through the rest of the flight."

Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-06 06:53|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 1/6 - Grunts - all of them. When you care to send the very best. Dude picked the wrong time to get froggy.

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2020-05-06 07:57|| 2020-05-06 07:57|| Front Page Top

#2 One could have handled this POS, but there would have been no team effort.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-05-06 07:59|| 2020-05-06 07:59|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm just relieved they're not being dismissed and charged with 'restoring the peace'.

Posted by Dron66046 2020-05-06 09:23|| 2020-05-06 09:23|| Front Page Top

#4 passenger locked himself in the restroom and began making "threatening comments."

Like what? Allan fuknar?

via Gfycat

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While there's no video footage, here's how we imagine the incident played out:

Posted by Woodrow 2020-05-06 10:17|| 2020-05-06 10:17|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ LOL

By the way, where did they get the flex ties? Did they happen to have the flex ties with them, or did the airline charge them $75 per tie?

Posted by Matt 2020-05-06 12:13|| 2020-05-06 12:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Dude is lucky he's not in intensive care with multiple broken limbs, etc.

Posted by Silentbrick 2020-05-06 13:19|| 2020-05-06 13:19|| Front Page Top

By the way, where did they get the flex ties?

The airlines keeps these onboard most flights, but especially international flights.

Posted by Phineter Turkeyneck6202 2020-05-06 13:27|| 2020-05-06 13:27|| Front Page Top

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