FNC: 2 F-16's escort AirTran 73 over unruly PAX

[DieselDragRacer]

It's not even on the website yet but it was a 73 heading to San Fransisco from Atlanta. It's now safely on the ground in Colorado Springs.

 

[Mike man]

It is apparently true...

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/TRS39/history/20100108/1511Z/KATL/KSFO

 

[knightflyer]

http://www.newsfirst5.com/news/norad-dispatches-fighters-over-colorado-springs/

 

[lookin4better]

Some drunk fool locking himself in a lav.... damn I hate people sometimes. He will probably sue the airline and win.

 

[T B O N E]

At least it gave the Buckley boys something to do...

 

[Eagle757shark]

AirTran Airways Statement Regarding Flight 39

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  • Airtran Holdings Inc.

Press Release Source: AirTran Airways On Friday January 8, 2010, 5:39 pm EST

ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AirTran Airways today issued the following statement regarding its flight 39 scheduled from Atlanta, Ga., to San Francisco, Calif.:


AirTran Airways flight 39, a Boeing 737-700 aircraft carrying 132 passengers and 5 crew members pushed back from the gate at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at 9:48 a.m. EST and departed at 10:36 a.m. EST headed to San Francisco International Airport with a scheduled arrival time of 12:40 p.m. PST.


During the flight, a male passenger, allegedly intoxicated, became disruptive and irate with a flight attendant. The passenger refused to follow flight crew instructions to take his seat and then proceeded to lock himself in the aft lavatory. The male passenger was traveling from Richmond, Virginia, to San Francisco, Calif., with a connection in Atlanta, Ga. Out of an abundance of caution, the captain elected to divert the aircraft to the nearest airport which was Colorado Springs Municipal Airport in Colorado Springs, Colo. The captain requested the local law enforcement officials meet the aircraft on arrival in Colorado Springs, Colo. The plane, escorted by two F-16 fighters dispatched under the direction of Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region (NORAD), landed safely in Colorado Springs, Colo., at 11:55 a.m. MST and taxied to a remote location of the airport where law enforcement officials detained the individual in question. The aircraft was then repositioned to a gate where it was searched by canine teams. The FBI is on the scene and is overseeing the law enforcement response. AirTran Airways is cooperating fully with the law enforcement officials.


Flight 39 has been cleared for departure to San Francisco and will continue the flight.


"It is an unfortunate and rare event when flight crew instructions are not followed. AirTran Airways fully supports our flight crew in performing their assigned duties, and we admire the professionalism the flight 39 crew showed in this case."

 

[CA1900]

I just hope they tasered him in the nuts for good measure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSYlxzCHvKg

:nuts:

 

[Colonel Savage]

"I just hope they tasered him in the nuts for good measure."

Why, we can't do that, it might have rendered him sterile. Oh wait...

 

[Hamburger]

You think they'll ever get around to fining the balls off of retards who do this kind of thing?

We're the ones sucking up the enormous cost of unnecessary diverts.

 

[at7driver]

when these idiots do this they should be added to the no fly list..

take greyhound.

what would the El Al group done.. the US should buy that book and copy it.