JetBlue pilot goes berserk during flight

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Hero JetBlue Passenger Put Unruly Pilot in ChokeholdBy JOSH HASKELL and CHRISTINA NG | Good Morning America – 19 hours ago

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Gonzalez, 50, was sitting in the second row of JetBlue Flight 191 when the he saw the captain storm out of the cockpit and rush toward an occupied bathroom. The co-pilot quickly locked him out of the cockpit. After being locked out of the cockpit, the captain began banging on the door, demanding to be let back in.

"We got to get this plane down," Gonzalez remembered thinking. "This guy is nuts." Flight attendants struggled to control him and Gonzalez said the captain began moving in the direction of the plane's emergency exit.

"I just didn't want him opening up that door," Gonzalez said. "I knew if he got in there, we wouldn't be sitting here now."

Gonzalez went to help the flight attendant and asked the captain what his problem was. Gonzalez said the unruly pilot replied, "You'd better start praying right now" and was shouting about Iraq and Iran. "I said, 'I'm going to show you Iraq and Iran right now,' and I just took him in a choke hold," Gonzalez said. "I started to cut his windpipe off so he couldn't get any air."

Gonzalez felt the man get weak and he passed out about three minutes later. Gonzalez and the group of men helping him restrain the pilot with seatbelts and offered him some water when he came to.

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I'm guessing the pilot went berserk because the bathroom door was locked. And he had a shart. :lol:

 

[95huskers]

wow. Im sure there were people freaking out on that plane. seems like someone sneezes and everyone jumps on a plane. Its always good to see someone help out when its needed.

 

[Foppa]

I'm still waiting for something similar to happen on one of my flights...seems like it's getting more and more common. Closest I've come is on a flight from London to Prague on Easyjet, where they kicked off a family of Czech Mafia because they refused to strap their crazy child in.