Zilla
Killa of threads
+122|7104|7th level of hell

OKLAHOMA CITY – An American Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after a passenger stripped nude and later tried to open an emergency exit door before being subdued by members of a professional soccer team and others, the FBI said.

Members of the New England Revolution of Major League Soccer were among those who grabbed the passenger near an exit door, FBI spokesman Gary Johnson said. Tie wraps were placed on the man, whose name was not immediately released. He was taken into custody in Oklahoma City and placed under psychiatric evaluation, Johnson said.

American Flight 725, a Boeing 757, arrived in Oklahoma City at 1:35 p.m. CDT and was back in the air an hour later, said American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith. It landed without further incident at Los Angeles International Airport at 3:13 p.m. PDT.

Craig Tornberg, the soccer team’s general manager, said he confronted the man as soon as he saw him emerge naked from one of the plane’s restrooms.

“I said he should get back into the bathroom and put on his clothes,” Tornberg said after the plane landed in Los Angeles. “He said something strange to me. He said, ‘I don’t hear you. I don’t see you.’ ”

Tornberg said the man complied and got dressed but a few minutes later “made a beeline for the emergency door.”

Tornberg said he, assistant coach Gwynne Williams and Michael Burns, the team’s vice president for player personnel, grabbed the man and forced him into a seat while a flight attendant tied him up.

“It was strange, but when he put his hands on the exit door – that brought it to another level,” Burns said. “Clearly, he wasn’t thinking straight.”

The pilot diverted the flight to Will Rogers World Airport where the man was removed.

“He was taken into custody by the Oklahoma City Police Department and taken to a crisis center for a mental evaluation,” Johnson said.

Shortly before the incident, Tornberg said he saw the man, described as clean-cut and in his early 20s, crying and “talking a lot of gibberish.”

The soccer team was on its way to Southern California for a game on Sunday against Chivas USA at California State University, Fullerton. Its members were among 151 passengers and seven crew members on the flight.

As passengers left the plane in Los Angeles, several indicated they had taken the incident in stride.

Gillian Callaghan, who was traveling with her 12-year-old son, said she never panicked because the flight crew seemed to keep things well under control. She said she felt sorry for the man.

“He was just having some troubles, confused, not a scary guy,” she said.


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Nintendogamer
Member
+72|7050|Chelmsford, UK
odd, i thought you couldn't open the emergancy exits mid flight?
Benzin
Member
+576|6461

Nintendogamer wrote:

odd, i thought you couldn't open the emergancy exits mid flight?
Would you want some crazy guy testing the theory?
GodFather
Blademaster's bottom bitch
+387|6682|Phoenix, AZ

CapnNismo wrote:

Nintendogamer wrote:

odd, i thought you couldn't open the emergancy exits mid flight?
Would you want some crazy previously naked guy testing the theory?

Last edited by GodFather (2008-07-19 17:02:44)

usmarine2
Banned
+233|6254|Dublin, Ohio

CapnNismo wrote:

Nintendogamer wrote:

odd, i thought you couldn't open the emergancy exits mid flight?
Would you want some crazy guy testing the theory?
I dont think there is a human alive who is strong enough to open a door while the plane is pressurized at altitude.
Blehm98
conservative hatemonger
+150|6926|meh-land

usmarine2 wrote:

CapnNismo wrote:

Nintendogamer wrote:

odd, i thought you couldn't open the emergancy exits mid flight?
Would you want some crazy guy testing the theory?
I dont think there is a human alive who is strong enough to open a door while the plane is pressurized at altitude.
i doubt it, it isn't a vacuum outside, so really it wouldn't be that hard...
usmarine2
Banned
+233|6254|Dublin, Ohio

Blehm98 wrote:

usmarine2 wrote:

CapnNismo wrote:


Would you want some crazy guy testing the theory?
I dont think there is a human alive who is strong enough to open a door while the plane is pressurized at altitude.
i doubt it, it isn't a vacuum outside, so really it wouldn't be that hard...
if you say so...
Mutantbear
Semi Constructive Criticism
+1,431|6428|London, England

Blehm98 wrote:

usmarine2 wrote:

CapnNismo wrote:


Would you want some crazy guy testing the theory?
I dont think there is a human alive who is strong enough to open a door while the plane is pressurized at altitude.
i doubt it, it isn't a vacuum outside, so really it wouldn't be that hard...
sigh
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usmarine2
Banned
+233|6254|Dublin, Ohio

Mutantsteak wrote:

Blehm98 wrote:

usmarine2 wrote:


I dont think there is a human alive who is strong enough to open a door while the plane is pressurized at altitude.
i doubt it, it isn't a vacuum outside, so really it wouldn't be that hard...
sigh
lol
CrazeD
Member
+368|7136|Maine

Blehm98 wrote:

usmarine2 wrote:

CapnNismo wrote:


Would you want some crazy guy testing the theory?
I dont think there is a human alive who is strong enough to open a door while the plane is pressurized at altitude.
i doubt it, it isn't a vacuum outside, so really it wouldn't be that hard...
lol.

It'd be like trying to open your car door at the bottom of a lake. Get it?
Defiance
Member
+438|7134

Blehm98 wrote:

usmarine2 wrote:

CapnNismo wrote:


Would you want some crazy guy testing the theory?
I dont think there is a human alive who is strong enough to open a door while the plane is pressurized at altitude.
i doubt it, it isn't a vacuum outside, so really it wouldn't be that hard...
Plenty of people have died due to the difference of a car cabin and the water they drove in to. It's a far bit more complicated then vacuum or not. Ever heard of Apollo 1?
Blehm98
conservative hatemonger
+150|6926|meh-land

Defiance wrote:

Blehm98 wrote:

usmarine2 wrote:

I dont think there is a human alive who is strong enough to open a door while the plane is pressurized at altitude.
i doubt it, it isn't a vacuum outside, so really it wouldn't be that hard...
Plenty of people have died due to the difference of a car cabin and the water they drove in to. It's a far bit more complicated then vacuum or not. Ever heard of Apollo 1?
and i don't remember, i think 6 feet of water is 1 atm or something like that, and most of those cases are because people wait until they're a bit underwater

1 atm i believe a strong person could open against, but airline doors aren't supposed to open anyway, so yeah...

going against my previous statement, didn't thin kit through
edit: said that wrong, i will withdraw erroneous statement

Last edited by Blehm98 (2008-07-19 17:37:07)

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