Man restrained on Frankfurt to Belgrade flight after threatening to bring plane down

kettlehead

A man aboard a Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt to Belgrade has been arrested Sunday after threatening to open a plane door during the flight, Serbian authorities said.

Passengers quoted by Belgrade media said he banged on a cockpit door threatening to bring down the plane while it was flying over Austria if he was not allowed inside.

Lufthansa said the cabin crew and passengers on Flight 1406 managed to restrain him for the rest of the journey, adding that the plane doors can’t be opened during a flight anyway.

“He got up and tried to do something with a door on the aircraft,” Lufthansa spokesman Andreas Bartels said. “The plane landed safely in Belgrade and the passenger was handed over to local authorities.”

Belgrade Blic daily said the man is a Jordanian with an American passport. Police questioned him after the plane landed in Belgrade.

http://www.thejournal.ie/lufthansa-2486434-Dec2015/

Scary stuff for those on board the flight. Well done to the passengers that stopped the lunatic.

corner of hells

The Luftwaffe just ain't what they used to be.

defrule

Trying to open a plane door mid-flight, what on earth was he thinking.

silverharp

defrule wrote: »

Trying to open a plane door mid-flight, what on earth was he thinking.

not about the pressure differential between the inside of a plane and the outside anyway, He would have a better chance pushing a truck up a mountain.

kneemos

If he wanted out,let the guy out.

Nodin

defrule wrote: »

Trying to open a plane door mid-flight, what on earth was he thinking.

Jaysus knows, but it happens more often that you'd think. Everything from 'wrong door' to 'I want to get off'.

mad muffin

Was it a terrorist attack?! :eek:

Harry Palmr

Every loon is behaving like a nutter right now.

Guy:Incognito

They should have an air lock system on planes. If some idiot wants to jump out let him through the first door, then let him do what he wants while others watch