Berkeley man went nuts on plane over... nuts

[KamaAina]

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Police-Berkeley-man-went-berserk-on-plane-over-6344023.php

A Berkeley man was arrested after he allegedly grew irate while demanding nuts and crackers while on board a United Airlines flight bound for Chicago, forcing the plane to divert to Belfast, Ireland, according to media reports....

About 15 minutes into the flight from Rome to Chicago on Saturday, Thede allegedly got out of his seat while the seat-belt light was still on and refused a flight attendant’s request to sit down. Thede said he wouldn’t return to his seat until he was given nuts and crackers, authorities said.

He sat back down after being given the snacks but got back up again 10 minutes later and asked for more, according to media reports. Flight attendants said Thede became abusive, blocked the aisle and grabbed bags from the overhead bins, frightening passengers, authorities said.

The captain decided to divert the plane to Belfast because of the man’s behavior, but before landing, the plane had to dump fuel as a precautionary measure because of the shortened flight. Many passengers were forced to spend the night at the airport, investigators said.

Well, that's just.... y'know, nuts.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Nuts and crackers sounds about right.

[Enthusiast]

2. You are what you eat.

[Renew Deal]

3. Those are going to be some expensive nuts

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Wait till he gets the bill for the fuel. n/t

[seveneyes]

5. Not being liked and driving folks wild ...

[gratuitous]

6. Thank you, Ugly American

I am so looking forward to a year or two from now when we make the trip of a lifetime to Europe. With nincompoops like this blazing the trail for us, we'll spend half our time apologizing and half our time pretending we're from Canada.

[BlueJazz]

7. Ah... sir, the other passengers would like to speak to you on the tarmac in the back of the airport.

[Xipe Totec]

8. You know, this happens way to often to be caused by a random assortment of nuts

There's something strange going on that causes ordinary folk to flip out of their shells...

[KamaAina]

10. Yup. Remember the Korean airline executive's daughter

who flipped out of her shell over macadamia nuts?

[Xipe Totec]

11. All joking aside, the CDC should be running an epidemiological study of these events. nt

[LiberalEsto]

9. Too bad they didn't crack him in the

you-know-whats.

[Arugula Latte]

12. Well, as a former resident of that town, I can say that there is a reason it is called "Berzerkely"