Was he trying to “strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60), or did he just think jihad was cool?
“Pictured: The dramatic moment passenger who yelled ‘Jihad! Jihad!’ is pinned to the ground by fellow fliers on board Washington to Denver United Airlines flight,” by John Hall, MailOnline, March 17, 2015 (thanks to Darcy):
This is the dramatic moment passengers on board a United Airlines flight tackled a young man to the ground after he shouted ‘Jihad, Jihad’ and threatened to hijack the aircraft.
Flight 1074 to Denver, Colorado had to return to its departure airport in Dulles, Washington last night following a ‘disturbance on board’ and was met by law enforcement officials at the gate.
Shocking video emerged online showing a young man with a bloodied face being pinned to the floor of the Boeing 737 by several passengers while frantically apologising and shouting in apparent fear as a police officer identifies himself and says he will be removed from the plane.
Following the dramatic incident, the passenger, who reportedly attempted to rush the cockpit, was taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation.
Investigators said they found no weapons either on the man’s person or hidden elsewhere on the plane, adding that nobody was injured in the ‘disturbance’.
Video of the young man being subdued was later posted on Reddit, where some individuals claimed to have been among the 33 passengers and six crew on board the Denver-bound plane.
Footage on the incident shows a brown-haired man in his 20s or early 30s on the floor of the aircraft with several cuts and bruises on his face.
During the clip, which is understood to have been taken after the plane had safely landed, a police officer attempts to calm the man down while he frantically shouts and apologises.
‘One held his feet and the other one kind of laid on top of him and then the flight attendants went and got some plastic restraints for his arms,’ Donna Tellam, a passenger, told ABC news. ‘At one point when his head was down he said there were jihadists in the cargo hold and he did say jihad a couple times.’
United Flight 1074 returned to Dulles at around 10:40pm after a ‘disturbance onboard,’ said Kimberly Gibbs, a spokesman for Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.
The passenger who was removed was ‘transported to a local hospital for evaluation,’ she added….
Good, because clearly anyone who threatens jihad must be crazy, right? There can be no other explanation!
Jay Boo says
Jihad means struggle.
CAIR will tell us this poor man was probably just having a heck of a time opening up his bottled water.
Spot On says
Probably a “home grown” terrorist. Clergy go to prisons to show them the way to God and a future happy life in our society. Muslims go to prison to recruit killers, thieves, and caravan robbers for Islamic Jihad against the US.
mariam rove says
Notice that they said he was rushed to the hospital for observation? No worries, they are going to say he is mental and in a way they are right as Islam causes mental disorders. M
Spot On says
I agree. Probably mental. Could also be Darwin contest winner.
deja vu says
Either that or just a lone wolf – nothing to do with Islam.
Undaunted says
When this happens on your flight, remember there are no rules. Take the dirt-bag to the floor as quickly and violently as necessary. The “minimum amount of force necessary to stop the attacker” paradigm no longer applies. Maximum force of violence as quickly as possible does the trick. Remember that a ruckus like this in the aft portion of the cabin might be a diversion to gather people at that end while a separate attack is mounted on the cabin. So, don’t everybody jump in and kick ass. Be prepared to protect the cabin.
Undaunted says
Oh; yeah; I forgot: If this happens on my flight and I see you standing there screaming in fright rather than helping, as soon as the dirt-bag’s subdued, I’m going to slap you.
Undaunted says
“…while a separate attack is mounted on the cabin.” should read “while a separate attack is mounted on the flight deck.”
Glad I straightened that out.
Kathy Brown, Esq. says
Undaunted: You’re well named my friend!
I for one am indebted to you for your clear directions on what-to-do. I kind of felt that, instinctively. But I’m a woman and have never been in the military or in any kind of physical altercation, so I literally didn’t know what I’d do in such a situation.
Incidentally: I’ve found myself hoping that the Tsarnaev muslim will be condemned to death. At first I felt appalled to be thinking that way-but not for long. We’ve reached critical mass here; and in the UK, and Europe.
Nothing works with these monsters but killing them. Nothing. If Tsarnaev is allowed to live, in prison he’ll train other muslim murderers like himself.
Undaunted says
Very kind of you, KB. Thank you.
RG says
@Kathy Brown, Esq.
“…I’ve found myself hoping that the Tsarnaev muslim will be condemned to death. At first I felt appalled to be thinking that way…”
Really, Kathy?!? You’re so typical. Probably a soft-spoken American (or Canadian) woman of letters who tries to see everyone through her rose-colored glasses! NEWS FLASH! These people really want to kill us!
Glad to see that at least YOUR eyes have been opened to the truth!
Denise Dudley says
Kathy,I’m also a woman,but unlike you,I was in the military for years! I was in the USAF,and loved it. I was taught how to “subdue” a 6ft. man,years ago.That jackass was dealt with well. I disagree with a mental eval. All of these nuts need a lengthy jail,time then sent to,Syria,maybe,with no return ticket.Definitely not crazy,but,potentially dangerous!
gravenimage says
Thanks for the instructions as to how to handle such Jihad, Undaunted. Much appreciated.
I’m glad to see that passengers *are* acting in these situations.
The first incident I heard of was the Shoe Bomber. Passengers tackled Richard Reid and duct-taped him to his seat so securely that police couldn’t remove the tape, or even cut him out in situ. They had to remove the whole seat with the Jihadist in it. I was cheering.
Keith says
Hi Gravenimage, I am glad that the Shoe Bomber was incapacitated I didn’t know that he was duct taped to his seat, but I have 1 small question, which passenger had that amount of duct tape in has hand luggage and why? Is there a new version of the mile high club going around?
Myxlplik says
” Maximum force of violence as quickly as possible does the trick.”
+1 hehe, like an elbow to the trachea, and a gratuitous head slamming into an armrest on the way down.
Undaunted says
Not “gratuitous”. Necessary.
Myxlplik says
Gratuitous gets you prosecuted for excessive violence, you are right. Probably best to keep the verbiage professional.
Undaunted says
Right, Myxlplik. Good save.
rj71 says
Absolutely correct. There is no upper limit for the intensity of violence required to stop a terrorist threat. Any fight simply must ‘end’ before it can escalate.
Undaunted says
Ooo, nicely said.
Freedom says
Testing the fences for weaknesses.
Kathy Brown, Esq. says
RG: You happen to be 100% correct. About who I (and millions like me) was/were, and am/are, now.
But I’m not apologetic for being civilized in the West, upon the Judeo-Christian foundation of our beloved USA. Think of it Sir! If you’re a muslim, you’re a killer by the time you’re 10. But if you’re an American, you have to be sent to boot camp to learn it.
That is because we accord so, so much to the individual’s conscience/morality rights. We will have to abrogate this for the muslims now of course. But just as our men can learn to kill when it’s right and necessary, we can learn to retain our 1st amendment freedom while targeting the asp in our bosom.
WestwardHo says
How strange to yell “jihad,” rather than “allahu akbar.” “Jihad” is not the islamic rage boy’s cry.
Might be a genuine crazy person aping muslim “manners ” for its lovable drama, rather than an actual jihading muslim
Boston Tea Party says
What a shocking surprise–I heard this story on the local news, and there was no mention of him yelling “jihad.”
It’s a good thing we have the mainstream media to edit out the unpalatable parts of news stories for us–who knows what would happen if the unwashed masses were actually presented with the facts?
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Wouldn’t wanna confuse the people. They might misunderstand and get all worked up. Better to scrub the news of potentially confusing facts. That’s how fictive realities are maintained.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Moslems and planes are trouble. Fizzling shoes, explosive tits, detonating underwear, box cutters. Just plain trouble.
mariam rove says
Exactly. Like fire and cotton! A deadly mix!!! M
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
And it ain’t trouble just for those on the planes. When a couple of decades back the Lutheran Brotherhood and Catholic League competed to bring in as many legal Moslem immigrants as possible. As refugees, of course. Just like with the Hmong before them. The two organizations got $25K a haid finder’s fee. Me, I’d think $1.99 would be a fairer. As Fitzgerald asked, refugees from what?
So, to the bureaucrats and globo-socialists, the imported Moslems simply had to succeed. So they were put at the head of the line for good paying jobs with benefits. This resulted in them being massively overrepresented at airports, plane cleaners, ground workers, and of course airport security, the latter being DHS TSA federal gubmint workers, getting Cadillace pay and bennies.
So the commercial airliners are troubled even before they push back from the gate. Moslem plane trouble.
Oliver says
A P F–
I knew (some years back) people from Wausau (I think that is how it is spelled) Wisc., where there is a fairly large Hmong population.
These people told me that the Hmong’s were peaceful; industrious; and their children amongst the best behaved and most eager to learn.
They also were America’s allies in the Nam war- then we screwed them and betrayed them.
Don’t compare them to Muslims; they were just backward ( as compared to Americans) when they came here.
Kepha says
@oLIVER:
Indeed, the Hmong were among the most effective fighters against the NVA in any of the three former French Indochina colonies.
Daniel Triplett says
And if there’s a Muslim pilot in the cockpit, get off the plane.
Remember MH 370, the plane that vanished without a trace. Or the Egypt Air 767 about 15 years ago where the First Officer shut off both engines then dove straight down screaming Allahu Akbar.
Kathy Brown, Esq. says
I forgot to mention: I have family living in DC-my 86 yr. old mother, my brother, my beloved sister-in-law and my 3 nieces and nephews (12, 14, 17).
When I read this horrifying story all I could see was all of them, in the airport/a plane with one of these murdering filthy devils; their precious lives extinguished, just like that. Phffftt!
As in the WTC on 9/11. Because we’re all originally New Yorkers.
So anyone who thinks we’re becoming ‘like Nazis’ can kiss my a_s. Both cheeks.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Gong down!
When the pilots discover that there’s Moslem plane trouble aboard, the first thing they do is get it under control. The next thing they do is worry, as they descend the plane down to its emergency Moslem activist aboard landing, their butts puckered, wondering if the hold contains a device with an altitude trigger. If there an alt-triggered explosive device in the hold, and if it’s working properly, the pilots know that their lives will suddenly go dark upon pass through 10,000 ft or 20,000 ft, whatever altitude it’s been programmed to detonate on behalf of so the Koranic command.
DDD says
Well,to Kathy and everyone else! I am also a woman, and was in the US Air Force,as well as ultimately,retiring from the US Govt,in 2011. Gee, I knew how to “take down(subdue), a 6′ man since the 1980’s! Working with the “mentally ill” for many years, I wasn’t always surrounded by “big, burly males” to help with unruly patients.I wish I had been on that plane! a very unpleasant choke hold might have done the trick,as well as restraining the legs and arms. I was never the type of woman to stand by and do nothing in a bad situation. Oh, yeah, I am sick of hearing about these ISIS sympathizers being called “mentally ill’! Send them directly to jail! Or better yet, to some middle eastern country,with no return ticket!
rj71 says
I’ve only seen the video from the point where ‘David’ is already restrained but it seems to me that this person is mentally unstable.
I’m not trying to diminish the horrific experience of the other passengers. -They would have perhaps felt that their life was hanging by a thread. It is right and brave to disable a terror threat on a commercial flight with sudden overwhelming force.
I could be wrong, but it could be literally just some poor idiot who doesn’t understand the significance of what he’s done.
abad says
Don’t you love how Homeland Security has done NOTHING to prevent Muslims from boarding our planes?
Hmmmmm
Oliver says
But ( a few years back) they did check a member of the U. S. House of Representatives (if I recall correctly, he either had a leg brace or an artificial hip); and a U. S. Senator.
But a Muslim- hey, that would be Islamphobia and/or racist.
Mo says
Video’s gone.
But notice how they’re painting him as a victim? Emphasis mine:
“Shocking video emerged online showing a YOUNG MAN with a BLOODIED FACE being PINNED to the floor of the Boeing 737 by SEVERAL passengers while frantically APOLOGISING and shouting in apparent FEAR as a police officer identifies himself and says he will be removed from the plane.”
Kathy Brown, Esq. says
When video’s gone on Pam or Robert, check the source and you can find it there. After that check ‘Bare Naked Islam’. After that, check ‘Live Leak’.
After that google it (video: ‘_________’) and you’ll usually find it.
The murdering muslims take these down, hacking Pam and Robert.
And yes: Sick, isn’t it? The poor jihadist! If he hadn’t been stopped, it wouldn’t be him who was ‘sorry’.
Kathy Brown, Esq. says
DDD and Denise: Thank you, ladies, for your service to our beloved country. You sound well prepared to deal with the muslim trash, i.e, take out that trash, and COMPACT IT.
The good news is: I-and those like me-can learn. And will learn. I’ll be a muslim myself (God forbid) before I’ll stand around and scream and cry at the sight of one of these pieces of garbage.
No sirree Bob. How about a quick kick to the testicles? Not that this filth has any.
DDD + Denise says
I just joined this website last night. DDD and Denise are the same person! Sorry about that. I thought I accidently deleted one of the posts! Anyway, I dealt with real mentally ill people trying choke me, throw things at me, etc. I was a mental health tech, and it was part of the job. I am also a disabled vet. and retired from the VA. I know the difference between true mental illness and idiots like this maniac. Rarely,would a person with true mental illness want to harm others,knowingly. This nut wanted to put true fear others,and so do all of these jerks! Oh, yeah, he wanted his 15 minutes of fame, by scaring the hell out of others, in a plane! As I said before,drop all these Islamic wannabees off in one of the middle eastern countries(not Israel, of course,please),and say good riddance!
Kathy Brown, Esq. says
So what shall we call you? DDD or Denise?
Either way: Welcome to our site ma’am. We’re a cantankerous lot, but we all have in common our love of country, detestation of the muslim hordes, and utter gratitude to our vets-that’s you my friend.
I agree with you in re: The fake insanity stuff. Before I became a lawyer I was a nurse, an LPN. I worked in quite a few ‘locked wards’! But I’m lucky: When we had a really violent psychotic, we had our wonderful [male] assistants, who did the heavy lifting (wrestling one of them to the floor, into the strait-jacket, while I administered 10 million units of Haldol or whatever was around).
I agree with you about the violence to others. We did have a schizophrenic who raped a woman on the ward; but he used ‘charm’ and her severe dementia to get her to ‘consent’. The poor thing-she wandered out stark naked a few minutes later, crying…
These jihadists are crazy all right: Like a fox. Or whatever that saying is. Pack of liars that they are.
johnp says
What is this guy’s name? His background? Why can’t we know?
rj71 says
They called him “David” when they were restraining him. That’s all I got…
kepha says
Not surprisingly, WTOP said nothing about the subdued cockpit rusher shouting “Jihad! Jihad!”
Next time something like this happens, I hope someone rams a piece of pork down the schmuck’s gullet.
More Ham Ed says
USA Today video and report on this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fddGdU-yJGs
Quote “mental state.”
Seems like the unholy quran causes more “mental states” than any other other source on Earth.