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Feces-Covered Passenger Attacks Flight Attendant

NZblue From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 632 posts, RR: 4
Posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 20253 times:

Feds Investigate Airplane Brawl

excerpt:

The FBI is looking into a bizarre and frightening incident aboard a commercial jet heading from Houston to Omaha last Friday involving an unstable passenger. It began with a middle-aged man leaving the plane's lavatory covered in his own feces.

Passenger quote: "I hear all of this ruckus and this yelling...and the poor flight attendant is on his back and the guy is like punching him...There were two male passengers behind me that got up and kind of got the guy off of him. The poor steward, he's got a black eye, his eye's swelling. I felt so sorry for him."

The injured attendant, with help from the passengers, got the unruly passenger buckled in and calmed down for landing at Eppley Airfield.

There's a video within the story as well.

[Edited 2008-12-31 12:37:27]

It's an entirely different kind of flying; all together.

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SWA TPA From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 1559 posts, RR: 43
Reply 1, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 20194 times:

Wow! Anybody know what airline that was? I am a FA on one of those 50 seats jets and I cant imagine what that must have been like for everyone onboard!

SWA TPA

I believe I can fly.....

DLX737200 From United States of America, joined May 2001, 1850 posts, RR: 23
Reply 2, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 20166 times:

It was Continental Expressjet; an ERJ from IAH.

I heard the two cops who met the flight talking about the absurdity of the whole situation on the employee bus the night it happened. Funny to find the story here on A.net now.

The cops said when they got his luggage and opened it up, all of his clothes were covered in feces, too. This guy did NOT need to be flying unsupervised!

[Edited 2008-12-31 12:47:50]

The public: They always know better, even though they often know nothing

CrimsonNL From Netherlands, joined Dec 2007, 1618 posts, RR: 42
Reply 3, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 20152 times:

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Insane! According to the video its a CO ERJ135/45

That must have been one heck of a scare for the other pax!

Nothing screws you like a job in aviation

Grain From United States of America, joined Sep 2008, 83 posts, RR: 0
Reply 4, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 19932 times:

Quoting DLX737200 (Reply 2):
The cops said when they got his luggage and opened it up, all of his clothes were covered in feces, too. This guy did NOT need to be flying unsupervised!

that must have smelled horrible

United787 From United States of America, joined May 2005, 2346 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 19820 times:

There is an explanation for everything, just ask the Gov. of Illinois...

Quoting NZblue (Thread starter):
It began with a middle-aged man leaving the plane's lavatory covered in his own feces.

Maybe he fell in the toliet during some bad turbulence...

Quoting DLX737200 (Reply 2):
The cops said when they got his luggage and opened it up, all of his clothes were covered in feces, too.

He probably did that so the TSA wouldn't steal any of his clothes, not a bad idea...

DEVILFISH From Philippines, joined Jan 2006, 4429 posts, RR: 1
Reply 6, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 19443 times:

Curious that no one at the baggage check-in smelled anything. vomit

Were the bags air-tight or the staff just pretended not to notice (in deference)? Confused

"Everyone is entitled to my opinion." - Garfield

Mir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 19717 posts, RR: 56
Reply 7, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 19326 times:

Quoting DLX737200 (Reply 2):
It was Continental Expressjet; an ERJ from IAH.

Damn, that's got to be scary for the FA - no other FAs to help you out, only the goodwill of the pax.

-Mir

7 billion, one nation, imagination...it's a beautiful day

BriGuyinHou From United States of America, joined Apr 2008, 122 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 18706 times:

Poor CO. This just hasn't been their month, has it?

I've travelled the world and the seven seas. Everybody is looking for something.

Tsalas08 From United States of America, joined Sep 2008, 10 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 17728 times:

Quoting DEVILFISH (Reply 7):

We get bags that reek of something or another from time to time, when its on a cart with who knows how many bags you just don't go searching for which one is making the smell. Its asking for trouble.

Allrite From Australia, joined Aug 2007, 1409 posts, RR: 3
Reply 10, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 15022 times:

The terrible thing is, I can imagine myself as that man - but only if carrying my 7 week old son on a flight and he does his weekly poo!

It was just a Chaser-style prank!

R12055p From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 43 posts, RR: 0
Reply 11, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 13742 times:

Are Federal Air Marshals ever present on Regional Flights, especially on small a/c?

SNCntry32 From United States of America, joined Jan 2007, 1511 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 9895 times:

Quoting R12055p (Reply 19):
Are Federal Air Marshals ever present on Regional Flights, especially on small a/c?

The flight deck was not in danger. Air Marshals are everywhere, you just dont know it.

Bizzare story.. But they just let anyone fly now a days..

Long Live Memphis!

Type-Rated From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 4355 posts, RR: 20
Reply 13, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 6700 times:

I was on a DL L-1011 flight (IAH-ORD) once where a passenger did this to one of the lavs. I mean they spread the crap all over the walls and ceiling. I found out about is as I went back to the rear lavs and one of the F/A's told me that they were out of service for the time being. The rest of the F/A's were back there looking at it and groaning, so I got to see it too. Since there wasn't any line for the lavs (very light flight) they didn't know who did it. But they had a OUT OF SERVICE sign on the door and locked it up.
I still think it's sick, very sick.
And to cover themselves in poo... Man, that must have been a sight straight from hell!

Fly North Central Airlines..The route of the Northliners!

WidgetBoi From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 1432 posts, RR: 21
Reply 14, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days ago) and read 6482 times:

According to the article, they landed in Omaha an hour after the incident...but why wait? If I were a passenger, I'd want the pilots to get the plane on the ground as soon as possible.

Threepoint From Canada, joined Oct 2005, 2091 posts, RR: 8
Reply 15, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 3 days ago) and read 6420 times:

Quoting SNCntry32 (Reply 21):
Air Marshals are everywhere, you just dont know it.

They are not everywhere. They are scattered few and far between. The program is a deterrent based upon probabilities.

The nice thing about a mistake is the pleasure it gives others.

DTWAGENT From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 1283 posts, RR: 0
Reply 16, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 5572 times:

Does anyone know how the F/A is doing. Is back to work or on Medical Leave for a week?

ItalianFlyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 948 posts, RR: 2
Reply 17, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 4697 times:

Quoting DTWAGENT (Reply 16):
Does anyone know how the F/A is doing. Is back to work or on Medical Leave for a week?

Hopefully he is in touch with the EAP and getting a full medical work up!! Wow!

man i feel for the guy (and the pax, of course).

As far as the FAM's are concerned, even if they were onboard they would not do anything as the flight deck was not in danger of attack or breach. For the past 6 years at recurrent, they keep beating into our heads that unruly or insane behavior could be a diversion and do NOT use the FAMs (if present) as a resource.

AAmd11 From UK - Wales, joined Nov 2001, 1040 posts, RR: 1
Reply 18, posted (4 years 4 months 3 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 4530 times:

Since being posted, the article has been edited to remove all mention of faeces.

Most odd... has someone called BS on this one, or is the faeces content too iffy for the local populous?

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