A 53-year-old New Jersey gun range owner and his employee, a retired cop, have been identified as two of the passengers who physically restrained a violent, slur-shouting man aboard American Airlines Flight 618 with duct tape and zip ties. Richard O'Lenick, who owns Gun for Hire in Woodland Park, New Jersey, and his employee Juan […] The post New Jersey gun range owner identified as passenger who helped duct-tape unruly man on American Airlines flight appeared first on American Almanac .
A 53-year-old New Jersey gun range owner and his employee, a retired cop, have been identified as two of the passengers who physically restrained a violent, slur-shouting man aboard American Airlines Flight 618 with duct tape and zip ties. Richard O'Lenick, who owns Gun for Hire in Woodland Park, New Jersey, and his employee Juan Mejia were flying home from a gun expo in Reno, Nevada, when 67-year-old Arthur Layne Lundeen allegedly erupted mid-flight, hurling racist and homophobic slurs at a Black flight attendant and attacking fellow passengers. O'Lenick and Mejia didn't wait for instructions. They rushed Lundeen, pinned him down, and held him while flight attendants retrieved tape and zip ties to secure him to his seat, the New York…Open
A disruptive passenger was restrained with flexible handcuffs and duct-taped to his seat as his American Airlines flight from Dallas to Newark was diverted to make an emergency landing in Baltimore on Thursday.
An Alaska Airlines pilot halted his Boeing 737 on the taxiway at Miami International Airport and called for law enforcement after flight attendants reported that passengers had threatened to take over the plane, yet both disruptive travelers walked free without arrest. The crew of Flight 305, bound for Seattle, was taxiing for departure on Sunday […] The post Alaska Airlines pilot locked down cockpit after passengers allegedly threatened to seize aircraft appeared first on American Almanac .
An Alaska Airlines pilot halted his Boeing 737 on the taxiway at Miami International Airport and called for law enforcement after flight attendants reported that passengers had threatened to take over the plane, yet both disruptive travelers walked free without arrest. The crew of Flight 305, bound for Seattle, was taxiing for departure on Sunday evening when the pilot radioed air traffic control with an urgent message: customers onboard were making threats. Within moments, the situation escalated. The pilot set the parking brake, shut down the engine, and initiated a full lockdown protocol, cockpit doors sealed, aircraft stopped cold on the taxiway. Air traffic control audio obtained by ATCapp , an air traffic control tracking service,…Open
