Rageh Al-Murisi yells "Allahu Akbar!" rushes cockpit door...

[Zax2me]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/10/us-flight-yemeni-idUSTRE7497M920110510?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews
In light of the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden on May 2 in Pakistan by U.S. Navy SEAL commandos, federal officials have warned of possible retaliation by the group.
Al-Murisi faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison if convicted of interfering with a flight crew.

Guess this happened over the weekend...

[TwilightGardener]

1. Chicago to San Francisco with $47 and no luggage. Huh.

Guess he wasn't planning beyond the flight.

[Zax2me]

3. Maybe not, but also doesn't sound like a member of a group

to me, lone wolf probably...
Just a kook that didn't plan very well or know that the cockpit doors are now kind of hard to get into!

[Prometheus Bound]

2. Apple user.

:scared:

[Sonoman]

4. And the passengers were hysterical.

Eyewitnesses said people were screaming and crying.

There was a retired San Mateo cop, a retired Secret Service agent and an alert male flight attendant who took action.

Otherwise, I suppose Chickenshit America would have just cried its way through the whole idea.

Sonoman

[Zax2me]

5. I think it was handled quite well.

Barely heard a peep about it in the msm.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. How many people can tackle a man in an airplane gangway at once?

You seem to think there should have been a general melee. Or are you thinking of the 'Airplane!' scene where the passengers line up with bats, clubs etc. to take their turn?

[Prometheus Bound]

8. I think there should have been a dogpile at least.

There likely would have been in the months immediately post-911, followed by your 'Airplane' scenario

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. he wasn't wearing a diaper

they could have screened him earlier.........LOL