Man arrested trying to open emergency door and stabbing flight attendant

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A Massachusetts man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon three times during a flight from Los Angeles to Boston on Monday, after attempting to open an emergency exit door, according to the Justice Department.

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A Massachusetts man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon three times during a flight from Los Angeles to Boston on Monday, after attempting to open an emergency exit door, according to the Justice Department.
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The man was arrested at Boston Logan International Airport when the plane landed.
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Stabbed the FA in the neck three times. The good news is, UA banned him from future flights. :sarcasm:


A Massachusetts man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon three times during a flight from Los Angeles to Boston on Monday, after attempting to open an emergency exit door, according to the Justice Department.

Francisco Severo Torres, 33, faces one charge of interference and attempted interference with flight crew members and attendants using a dangerous weapon. Torres was arrested at Boston Logan International Airport Monday and will remain detained pending a hearing set for Thursday.

During a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Boston, the flight crew saw an alarm that a door in the plane had been disarmed and, after inspection, a flight attendant saw the door’s locking handle had been pushed out of the fully locked position and an emergency slide arming lever had been disarmed, according to the Justice Department.

A flight attendant who saw Torres near the door went to talk to Torres about the door, according to the department, who asked if there were cameras showing he had tampered with the door.

“According to court documents, the flight attendant then notified the captain that they believed Torres posed a threat to the aircraft and that the captain needed to land the aircraft as soon as possible,” the Justice Department said.

Soon after, Torres allegedly got out of his seat, mouthing something, before thrusting “towards one of the flight attendants in a stabbing motion with a broken metal spoon, hitting the flight attendant on the neck area three times,” the Justice Department said.

Torres was then tackled by other passengers on the flight and was immediately taken into custody after the flight landed.

United Airlines says it has banned Torres from flying on future flights following this incident.

“Thanks to the quick action of our crew and customers, one customer was restrained after becoming a security concern on United flight 2609 from Los Angeles to Boston,” United said in a statement.

United says the flight was able to land safely and without any reported injuries.

“We have zero tolerance for any type of violence on our flights, and this customer will be banned from flying on United pending an investigation. We are cooperating with law enforcement in their investigation,” the statement says.
 
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GypsyPilot said:
So sick of this. Any violence towards a flight crew should be a ban from all air travel permanently.
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Didn't we try to get a national no fly list going but people with "various business papers" block the idea?
 
I agree, do something like this, and it is Greyhound for the rest of your life. I can't think of a single extenuating circumstance which would make me think the person is safe to fly ever again.
 
Boeing or Airbus need to design a jettison compartment for unruly passengers. Something that looks like a lav but the floor opens up and sucks the passenger out of the airplane. It would be a lot cheaper than diverting.
 
United says the flight landed with no injuries. Does that mean he only tried to stab the FA or he did stab them?
 
Yeah...this sounds like attempted murder and a bunch of other felonies all on federal property. I don't think this guy will be flying again regardless. Lol.

He's lucky they didn't beat him to death. That Southwest passenger beaten to death rushing the cockpit in 2002 didn't shank a crew member in the neck 3 times.
 
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ChasenSFO said:
He's lucky they didn't beat him to death.
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I'm surprised as well.

I'd really love to dig deeper. Is it solely a question of mental health or is this guy so deeply woven into wackadoo conspiracy theories and specious media sources that his "world" is as real to him as reality is to us?

Toooootally spit-balling some half-thunk thoughts here.
 
derg said:
I'm surprised as well.

I'd really love to dig deeper. Is it solely a question of mental health or is this guy so deeply woven into wackadoo conspiracy theories and specious media sources that his "world" is as real to him as reality is to us?

Toooootally spit-balling some half-thunk thoughts here.
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"Both" is probably a very real awnser to many of these kinds of incidents.
 
ChasenSFO said:
"Both" is probably a very real awnser to many of these kinds of incidents.
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Just an extension of my thoughts about mental health. We're very prone to saying "Mental Health!" but sometimes ignore that living in a world where people encapsulate themselves in kinky mind-boggling political LARP that he honestly feels he's a martyr for his cause. He might be completely healthy but so deep into conspiracy theories and the online venues that validate it, it's may be another example of societal decay.

You know, the "I pooped on the house speakers desk to save the world" types.
 
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