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JetBlue Flight 191
Diverted After Captain Had Nervous Breakdown By Shane Nolan |
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March 29, 2012 - On Tuesday JetBlue Flight 191, a Airbus
A320 departed John F. Kennedy Airport at about 7:30 AM
with 135 passengers for Las Vegas. About two and a half
hours into the flight the pilot in command began to have
a nervous breakdown.
The copilot was able to persuade the captain to leave to
cockpit, he reported the captain began pressing buttons
and banking the aircraft erratically. The copilot suggested to
the captain he used the restroom. A deadhead copilot
that just happened to be onboard flying as a passenger
was escorted into the cockpit to assist the other
copilot.
The FAA said the co-pilot became concerned with the
captain's "erratic behavior during the flight" and
locked the cockpit door when the captained exited the
cockpit. Upon exiting the cockpit the captain began
yelling ?there?s a bomb onboard? he repeated threats
from Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tony Antolino an executive for a security firm said the
captain screamed "They're going to take us down, they're
taking us down, they're going to take us down. Say the
Lord's prayer, say the Lord's prayer."
He
further stated the captain was running down the walkway
of the aircraft to the back of the plane, appeared to be
agitated he began yelling about an
unspecified threat linked to Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. The captained tried to reenter the cockpit by punching in his security code but was unable. He began screaming pull back the throttles we got to get this aircraft down, we got to land this plan at which point he was restrained by the passengers. |
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