Two days ago, passengers on American Airlines Flight 1775 experienced an airplane horror.
The flight was scheduled to depart from Los Angeles at 11:15 a.m. central time to Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.
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However, flying, a male passenger named Juan Remberto Rivas suddenly made a big fuss in the cabin.
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One passenger recalled that after Rivas got on the plane, he told the flight attendants that someone had tried to follow him all the way on the plane, trying to hurt him, and that the person sitting next to him had a knife.
At that time, a passenger in a neighboring seat heard him say on the phone that someone was going to hurt his family.
The flight attendant asked him if he wanted the police to escort him off the plane when it arrived in Washington, D.C., and he said he would.
But he said he didn't want to go back to his original row of seats, so the flight attendant put him in another seat.
But five minutes later, Rivas rang the bell asking for water to drink, but when the flight attendant tried to pour water on him, he crossed the cart and headed straight for the cockpit, declaring that the flight attendants wanted to hurt him.
The flight attendant stopped him with a service van, but to no avail, he grabbed a champagne bottle, picked up plastic cutlery and hid it in the sleeve of his shirt, trying to force his way into the cockpit, but failed.
Then he tried again in mid-air to open the cabin door, and at that altitude, it would be disastrous.
Moustafa recalled that the situation was "terrible" at the time, but several passengers quickly held him down.
Flight passenger Mouaz Moustafa said the man was odd, fidgeting during the flight, pacing back and forth in the aisles, muttering to himself.
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The flight attendants found that the situation was not right and quickly called other colleagues to "turn on the lights"! Then quickly ran to the back of the plane, picked up the coffee pot, ran back to the front, and slammed Rivas in the head several times with the coffee pot.
Four passengers rushed forward to help, including a Montgomery County police officer who hit Rivas in the cheek. They threw Rivas to the ground and taped his hands and feet to subdue him.
Someone made a big fuss in the cabin, and the pilot immediately decided to divert to Kansas.
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"Yes! A passenger is trying to get into the cockpit! American 1775。 ”
"We now have 4 passengers in control of this man! American 1775”
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In the cockpit of American Airlines Flight 1775, pilots are constantly checking with the ground.
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With permission from the tower, the plane descended 30,900 feet in less than 8 minutes.
Moustafa said, "The experience was terrible, at first we didn't know what was going on because the flight attendants were panicking and the plane started to descend rapidly to a low altitude and we all thought the pilot might have been unconscious, or something had happened." "
"Many passengers are 'worried about the worst-case scenario' and think the plane is falling like 'free fall' because they are unaware of the emergency landing."
Very scary! I was watching a movie when suddenly the lights came on and a few people got up and rushed to the first class and saw the reactions of the men. I knew right away that something was wrong
Fortunately, at 2:28 p.m., the plane landed smoothly on the tarmac in Kansas City.
After landing, police and the FBI rushed to the plane and rescheduled the passenger to another flight.
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Alas, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of "unruly" passengers on U.S. flights has reached a new high, and as of December 31, 2021, there have been more than 5,900 similar cases in the past year, of which nearly 72% are related to masks.
In response to this "accident," American Airlines said, "We thank our cabin crew, who have always been committed to protecting and caring for our customers and have handled these situations with the highest skill and professionalism." ”
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