Friday, May 28, 2010

Southwest Airline Flight Make Emergency Landing

Southwest Airline Flight Make Emergency Landing

Passenger Arrested

FOX2now.com

May 28, 2010

Southwest Airline Flight Make Emergency Landing ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com) - A Southwest Airlines flight from Seattle to St. Louis had to make an emergency landing in Omaha, Nebraska, after a passenger reportedly started pounding on the cockpit door, demanding to see the pilot.

The passenger was arrested after the plane landed. A Southwest spokesperson says it's unclear as to why the man was so upset.
http://www.kplr11.com/news/ktvi-southwest-flight-emergency-landing-052810,0,2725154.story
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No charges against unruly plane passenger

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ST. LOUIS -- The FBI says no charges will be filed against a man who became unruly and pounded on a cockpit door during a St. Louis-bound flight from Seattle, causing the plane to be diverted to Nebraska.

FBI spokeswoman Sandy Breault tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the male passenger was questioned after being taken off the Southwest Airlines plane after it landed Wednesday in Omaha.

The newspaper reports that Southwest officials and passengers said a flight attendant asked the man to sit down but he refused, then knocked on the cockpit door.

Witnesses say he held a piece of paper and was trying to get the names of the pilot and co-pilot.

Another passenger says the man had several drinks during the flight.

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Information from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_mo_plane_diverted_unruly_passenger.html

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OMAHA, NEB.
 No charges in disrupted flight
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
05/28/2010

No charges will be sought against the disruptive Southwest Airlines passenger whose actions Wednesday including banging on the cockpit door forced the plane to divert to Omaha, Neb., according to an FBI spokeswoman.
The unnamed male passenger was interviewed after being taken from Flight 520 from Seattle to St. Louis, and later released with no charges, said FBI spokeswoman Sandy Breault.

Southwest officials and passengers said a flight attendant asked the man to sit down but he refused. He then reached over and knocked on the cockpit door.

Witnesses said the man had a piece of paper in his hand and apparently was trying to get the names of the pilot and co-pilot.



A passenger sitting next to the unidentified passenger said he had multiple drinks during the flight.

The plane arrived at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport more than an hour late.

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