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Passenger on flight that left Logan accused of trying to storm cockpit

Passenger on flight that left Logan accused of trying to storm cockpit
AND SCARY DETAI.LS JO:SH THOSE ARE TWO GOOD WORDS FOITR BECAUSE THE FBI TOOK CUSTODY OF ISTH MAN AFTER THE FLIGHT LANDED IN PUERTO RICO. AN FBI AFFIDAVIT SAYS THIS ALL TOOK PLACE WEDNESDAY WHEN THE JETBLUE FLIGHT WAS ABOUT5 4 MINUTES FROM LANDING IN SAN JUAN. IT STATES THE MAN, IDENTIFIED AS KHALIL EL DAHR, TRIED TO MAKAE PHONE CALL DURING THE FLIGHT BUT WAUNS SUCCESSFUL AND UPSET. HE ALLEGEDLY PULLED HIMSELF OUT OF HIS SEAT AND RUSHED TOWARD THE FLIGHT DECK YELLING BTOE SHOT. A FLIGHT ATTENDANT STOPPED HIM AND A FLIGHT CREW OFFICER OPENED THE COCKPIT DOOR. ACCORDING TO THE AFFIDAVIT, THAT’S WHEN EL DAHR SAW THE OPEN DOOR, GRABBED THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT BY THE NECKTIEND A KICKED THEM IN THE CHEST, DEMANDING ONCE AGAIN TO BE SHOT. THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT, CHOKING FROM THE NECKTIE, WAS HELPED BY SIX OTHER CREW MEMBERS TO PREVENT EL DAHR FROM BREAKING PAST THE GALLEY INTO THE COCKPIT. THEY USED PLASTIC FLEX CUFFS TO RESTRAIN HIM, BUT THE AFFIDAVIT SAYS EL DAHR BROKE FREE. AFTER THAT, THEY USED SEAT BELT EXTENDERS, AND THAT NECK TIE TO KEEP THE SUSPECT IN PLACE UNLTI THE PLANE LANDED. THIS MORNING, HE’S CHARGED MHI WITH INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS AND ATTEN
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Passenger on flight that left Logan accused of trying to storm cockpit
A passenger aboard a flight from Boston to Puerto Rico tried to storm the cockpit Wednesday night while screaming in Spanish and Arabic, according to an FBI affidavit obtained by ABC News.

A passenger aboard a flight from Boston to Puerto Rico tried to storm the cockpit Wednesday night while screaming in Spanish and Arabic, according to an FBI affidavit obtained by ABC News.

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