Thursday, October 07, 2010

Crazed Man Tries to Open Door On Qantas Flight, Vows, "You Will Die" - Believe to be Praying in "Hebrew"?

Hmm.

Qantas


'You will all die': Crazed man's vow to terrified passengers as he tries to open exit door mid-air
Terrified passengers on a London-bound flight froze in their seats as a crazed man ran through the aisle of the Qantas jet screaming: 
'You will all die!' Praying and yelling in a foreign language, the man threatened to kill himself and the passengers on the fully-laden jet several hours after it took off from Melbourne to fly to London via Hong Kong
Flight attendants managed to jump on the man and restrain him as he threatened to open an emergency exit door, shouting: 'It is God's will'.
'He was praying in what was believed to be Hebrew and yelling out that he was going to kill himself and all the passengers would die,' said Helen, who had been sitting in Premium Economy
'There was one lady that was quite upset. She moved into our cabin in Premium Economy because she said "I heard too much, I heard too much - I can't go back down there [into the main part of the cabin]".
 

4 comments:

Alexander Münch said...

If the guy was speaking in Hebrew, then every thing is clear !
The stupid stewardess served the food and gave him the one with "Halal" written on it !
The word, "Halal" in Hebrew, means :- 1-space 2-cavity 3-void 4-vacuum 5-casualty 6-hollow 7-slain 8-dead !
What choice did he have?...

Anonymous said...

Nah, if the guy was really speaking in Hebrew, then the paper would have printed his name.

Anonymous said...

http://www.travelmonitor.com.au/news/trade-news/disruptive-passenger-detained-after-qantas-flight-to-hong-kong.html

8 OCT: A Qantas passenger who allegedly threatened fellow travellers during a flight from Melbourne to Hong Kong yesterday has been taken to hospital after being detained by Hong Kong police.

Qantas said the man became disruptive about four hours into the journey.

Some media reported that he had threatened to kill other passengers, but Qantas wouldn’t confirm this.

Comments from other passengers appearing on websites this morning suggest that the drama began when the 23-year-old became upset with his economy seat.

"He asked to be moved to business class because he wasn’t happy with sitting in economy," one passenger told media.

"Then he requested to sit with the pilot on the flight deck.

"When that was refused, he said he was going to open the door and get off."

A spokeswoman for Qantas said the incident is now a police matter.

"The aircraft was met by Hong Kong police," she said.

"Our cabin crew are trained to deal with with these situations, ensuring the safety of passengers is not compromised."

She said none of the 280 other passengers was harmed.

Anonymous said...

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8101731/qantas-kill-threat-passenger-wanted-better-seat

A man who allegedly threatened to kill everyone on board a Qantas flight was angry because he did not like his economy seat.

Witnesses on board yesterday's flight from Melbourne to Hong Kong said the 23-year-old Israeli man requested a business class seat, the Herald Sun reports.

"He asked to be moved to business class because he wasn't happy with sitting in economy," passenger David Peace told the newspaper.

"Then he requested to sit with the pilot on the flight deck.

"When that was refused, he said he was going to open the door and get off."

Qantas staff immediately handcuffed the man and led him to a secure area on the aeroplane, Mr Peace said.

Police in Hong Kong were called for assistance once the plane landed. "The 23-year-old Israeli male passenger, surnamed Ariel, became 'emotional' after complaining about the food and other services," a police spokesman told AFP.

Police did not arrest him because he did not harm anyone or cause any damage.

The man is currently under medical observation at a Hong Kong hospital, the spokesman said.