[thechat] Airlines

[Erika Meyer]

Ensuring Safety in the Skies

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-091301edfaa.story

correction:

The aforementioned incident, with the guy barging through the cockpit 
door and grabbing for the controls; that was Alaska Air, Horizon's 
sister airline.  It was not a puddle-jumper, it was a larger plane.

That was about a year ago.

from
http://www.alpa.org/internet/alp/sept00p18.htm

>A 250-pound, 6-foot-2-inch incoherent passenger recently broke into 
>the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines jet, attacked the two-member 
>cockpit crew, and lunged for the controls, screaming, "I'm going to 
>kill you!" He frantically grabbed at the thrust levers and the 
>engine controls before some passengers, responding to the captain's 
>frantic PA-transmitted pleas for some critically needed assistance, 
>brought the intruder under control. The first officer required eight 
>stitches in his right hand after the intrusion. This one could have 
>been much worse.

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