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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPassenger Accused Of Attacking JetBlue Flight Attendant, Rushing Cockpit.
Snip< "Investigators say Khalil El Dahr tried to make a cell phone call. When the call did not go through, he became agitated. He eventually rushed towards the cockpit yelling that he wanted to be shot in Spanish."
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2021/09/23/khalil-el-dahr-passenger-attack-flight-attendant-cockpit-jetblue/
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Passenger Accused Of Attacking JetBlue Flight Attendant, Rushing Cockpit. (Original Post)
sarcasmo
Sep 2021
OP
No wonder they try to keep those mex'cans out! Doesn't explain the Haitians, though.
ret5hd
Sep 2021
#4
Not the first time, post 9-11, that a flight officer opened the cockpit door
Grokenstein
Sep 2021
#10
hurple
(1,306 posts)1. Being shot in Spanish is a strange request
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)2. How do you get shot in Spanish?
ret5hd
(20,482 posts)4. No wonder they try to keep those mex'cans out! Doesn't explain the Haitians, though.
Aristus
(66,294 posts)5. "Fuego!"
ret5hd
(20,482 posts)3. "...fatally shot by a deadly language..."
well, whoodathunk!
ripcord
(5,280 posts)6. I'm so tired of trash people attacking flight attendents
Devil Child
(2,728 posts)7. According to the FBI he made it into the flightdeck
In addition to choking a flight attendant. Scary.
https://cboardinggroup.com/man-rushes-cockpit-over-a-failed-phone-call-later-breaks-out-of-restraints-shouting-in-arabic-and-spanish/
Grokenstein
(5,721 posts)10. Not the first time, post 9-11, that a flight officer opened the cockpit door
to see what all the fuss in the cabin was about. Some people will NEVER learn any other way but the hard way.
yonder
(9,657 posts)8. Isn't being shot in Spanish similar to
helping your Uncle Jack off the horse? Just far more deadly.
About time to start corraling these idiots into a federal lockup.
Iggo
(47,535 posts)12. Or to take off your pants and jacket.
XanaDUer2
(10,557 posts)9. The order of words matter nt
Hekate
(90,564 posts)11. Once more, with feeling: commas save lives
Knowing how to diagram sentences can save lives, too.