A flight attendant smashed wine bottles on a man who tried to open the exit midair, FBI says

[jpak]

Source: Bangor Daily News

Armed with fists and an unexplained determination, a man attacked Delta Air Lines crew and passengers Thursday as he tried to pry open an exit door midair, according to the FBI.

Joseph Hudek IV was eventually subdued by multiple people on the Seattle-to-Beijing flight — in a melee where bottles of wine became weapons.

He and more than 200 other people were on board when the plane took off around 5 p.m. from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Nothing about his background, as described in an FBI affidavit, seemed extraordinary: He was 23, flying on a dependent pass, which an airline spokesman told the Seattle Times are sometimes issued to relatives of Delta employees.

Hudek had ordered a single beer before takeoff, and appeared sober, according to the FBI.

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[Henry Krinkle]

1. Probably saw something (or someone), out on the wing.

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[Bluepinky]

2. Ha, that would make me want to jump out of the plane!

[wryter2000]

3. LOL

That would scare the crap out of anyone.

How many people remember William Shatner starred in that episode?

[CentralMass]

5. +1

[jpak]

8. LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!1111

[Judi Lynn]

10. Good one! n/t

[Honeycombe8]

4. Doesn't it seem like more & more people are getting wacko like this?

What's going on?

[Doug the Dem]

16. Following The Example of Our Glorious Leader

[PearliePoo2]

6. Reading the complete story, this guy had some super-human strength.

He was in the airplane head for about two minutes before he came out and headed for the exit door.
Are there drugs that can give you strength to fight off multiple people and seem immune to the beating he was getting? Scary!
(my first instinct is that he could have accidently 'slipped' and fell out that door at about 10,000 feet...)

[Hekate]

7. "Angel dust" can do that, iirc

[Fiendish Thingy]

11. Yeah, PCP nt

[Judi Lynn]

9. From the article: Hudek did not seem impacted by the breaking of a full liter red wine bottle

over his head,” the FBI agent wrote, “and instead shouted ‘Do you know who I am?’ or something to that extent.”




Joseph Hudek IV



Hudek's handiwork.

[Old Vet]

12. That was a life or death fight possibly........

Iam actually surprised his face looks that good, Iam not a big or strong man but I would of beat the living fuck out of this asshole to stop that door from opening. At that point where hes trying to open a exit door who gives a shit why.

[Plucketeer]

13. Yes sir!

That would be my approach. The adrenaline would be surging and I'd have that looney in one hell of a choke hold!

[wryter2000]

14. I'm a total wimp

But I'd break anything I could lay my hands on over his head.

[HuskyOffset]

15. Aren't those doors designed...

...such that the higher air pressure inside the plane keeps them closed? I don't think a normal human can actually open the door when the plane is at altitude.

Edit: it would appear so, the article says that, had the plane been flying at low altitude, the door would have opened. Scary.

[Aristus]

17. I hope that in addition to being charged with felony interference with a commercial flight,

he gets charged with attempted murder, with the number of counts equal to the numbers of passengers and crew.

[Nailzberg]

18. Yup. There's about 3 or 4 tons of air pressure holding the door closed.

I'd just let the guy wear himself out, then restrain him. No need to waste good wine.