Friday, May 13, 2011

Man Tackled Trying to Break into Plane Cockpit Screaming "Allahu Akbar"

Attempted terrorist attack; no? Seems pretty strait forward that if someone is trying to break into the cockpit of an airborne plane their intention is not good. Someone should call up the authorities who apparently are unsure of the person's motive.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/09/suspect-flight-disturbance-calif-id

"The passengers sat stunned as they watched a man walk quickly toward the front of American Airlines Flight 1561 as it was descending toward San Francisco. He was screaming and then began pounding on the cockpit door.
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Within moments Sunday, a flight attendant tackled Rageh Almurisi. Authorities do not yet have a motive.
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Almurisi went toward the cockpit door 30 minutes before the flight from Chicago was supposed to land on Sunday night, San Francisco airport police Sgt. Michael Rodriguez said. Almurisi was yelling unintelligibly as he brushed past a flight attendant.

Marty, 35, recalled that she and other passengers on the plane were stunned when they saw Almurisi walking down the aisle. She said a woman in a row across from her who speaks Arabic translated that Almurisi said "God is Great!" in Arabic.

Andrew Wai, another passenger, told KGO-TV on Monday that the wife of one of the men who took Almurisi down later said Almurisi was yelling "Allahu Akbar."
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