Suicide on UAL jet

[Jetsi]

My wife is telling me about this, said she just saw it on the news.

A guy took his SUV to the dealer in CA, set it on fire, went to jail, then got out on bond.

Then he went and took a UA flight and killed himself while on the jet, making it divert to DEN.

Anybody heard anything else about this?

Jetsi

 

[Big Air]

from the LA Times

11:44 AM PST, February 9, 2006latimes.com : National News

Man Apparently Kills Himself on Plane

By Associated Press DENVER -- A man apparently hanged himself in an airplane lavatory during a flight that was diverted to Denver after his body was discovered, police said.

Denver medical examiner's spokeswoman Michelle Weiss-Samaras said an autopsy was planned for the body of Gerald Georgettis, 56, of Miami, which was found Wednesday on a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles.

"Right now, everything leads us to believe the male involved did commit suicide," police Detective Virginia Lopez said. No other passengers were ever in danger, she added.

A man with the same name and age was charged with arson and felony criminal mischief in Miami after a fire caused nearly $1 million in damage at a Ford dealership on Saturday. Weiss-Samaras and Miami-Dade County police could not confirm it was the same man.

The arson suspect was accused of driving his new Ford through the dealership showroom, pouring gasoline on it and lighting it. Police have said he was upset about the price.

 

[Nocturnal1]

Man, talk about anger management. Too bad somebody couldn't help this guy out before he got so out of control.

 

[Jetsi]

Well allrighty,

Wife heard the story, told me 5 minutes later and screwed it all up LOL.

And she thinks the FFDO program is wrong. Too many crazies getting on jets these days.

Jetsi

 

[SWA/FO]

Good thing he burned a Ford dealer then killed himself rather then kill himself (and others) on a jet.

 

[FN FAL]

Well allrighty,

Wife heard the story, told me 5 minutes later and screwed it all up LOL.

And she thinks the FFDO program is wrong. Too many crazies getting on jets these days.

Jetsi

What would an FFDO do? Shoot the guy? Yea, that's the ticket.

 

[AlbieF15]

Probably just sick of bad airline food and fat mean flight attendents....

 

[KC-10 Driver]

Nobody ever dies on an airplane...

 

[Jetsi]

What would an FFDO do? Shoot the guy? Yea, that's the ticket.

For hanging himself, no. That is idiotic.

But a person who is committing suicide doesn't care about the people around him. And I wouldn't be surprised if a person with suicidal tendencies rushed the cockpit at a moment of opportunity. It was typed in the same philisophy that SWA/FO stated. So apparently I am not the only one who thought so.

Just my humble opinion.

Jetsi

 

[jetalc]

What would an FFDO do? Shoot the guy? Yea, that's the ticket.

Some people just don't get the point of Jetsi's comment...

 

[ferlo]

Somehow, this is the fault of SWA or Jetblue...

 

[Shrek]

What a selfish way to go. My condolences go out to the FA that found that guy.

You just never know what is going to happen these days on an airplane. Keep an eye out.

 

[oldxfr8dog]

What would an FFDO do? Shoot the guy? Yea, that's the ticket.

If he decided to breach the cockpit and take the whole plane with him, yeah.
You got a problem with that or do you just wish for a 7.62X51 to settle the "issue"?
I have no problem with a more powerful calibre, if that's your desire...

 

[zonker]

Here's a picture of him:

http://www.miami.com/images/miami/miamiherald/13831/191300750793.jpg

And just look at what he did to a poor, defenseless Ford GT.


http://www.miami.com/images/miami/miamiherald/13831/191296767465.jpg


Posted on Thu, Feb. 09, 2006
Man accused of torching dealership kills self on flight to L.A.

BY DAVID OVALLE



The man accused of torching a North Miami-Dade car dealership because he was unhappy with the deal he got on a car killed himself aboard a flight from Washington D.C. to Los Angeles, officials confirmed Thursday.
Gerald Georgettis was found in a bathroom aboard United Flight 209, which made an emergency landing at Denver International Airport on Wednesday afternoon. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
His death was first reported Thursday morning by Miami Herald news partner WFOR-CBS4.
It was unclear how he killed himself, but Denver police stressed no other passengers were in danger. CBS 4 reported he hanged himself. In a case that drew widespread attention in South Florida, police say that on Saturday Georgettis was upset with the deal he got on a Ford Escape at the Metro Ford dealership at 900 NW Seventh Ave.
Georgettis plowed the new car into the showroom glass, then set the business on fire, Miami-Dade police. He worked for the city of North Miami Beach and handed in his resignation on Monday.
''I'm shocked. I still can't believe it,'' North Miami Beach Mayor Raymond Marin told The Miami Herald Thursday morning. ``I know him as nothing more than an nice guy. I can't say anything bad about him. I don't know what happened.''

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/13831219.htm

 

[WhiteCloud]

What a selfish way to go. My condolences go out to the FA that found that guy.

You just never know what is going to happen these days on an airplane. Keep an eye out.

Makes a good case for some of the cockpit security procedures we have. If this self destructive guy had gotten in the cockpit who knows what would have happened. Obviously he had no problem with crashing and burning things. I suspect that was the plan and he got frustrated and went to the back. Sad story.

 

[oldxfr8dog]

If he decided to breach the cockpit and take the whole plane with him, yeah.

Amend that:
HELL, yeah...

 

[dabandermac]

of course he's from florida. this state is full of crazies...

 

[loverobot]

He must have been a midget to hang himself in one of those lavs. Anybody who has ridden coach from LAX to Sydney has certainly contemplated it, but then realized it was an impossible feat-- Well, turns out it is possible. Great, now theres going to be a epidemic of lavatory hangings on long haul flights.