Another anti-vaxxer loon disrupts a flight and is arrested:

[Ocelot II]

A Delta Air Lines passenger is facing federal charges after he allegedly tried to open an emergency door in-flight in the hope that other passengers would record him sharing his views on coronavirus vaccines, prosecutors announced Monday.

Michael Brandon Demarre, 32, was on a Friday flight from Salt Lake City to Portland, Ore., when he removed a plastic covering over the handle on the aircraft’s emergency exit and forcefully pulled on the handle, Justice Department officials wrote in a news release. After a flight attendant intervened and demanded he let go of the handle, Demarre complied and was physically restrained by the flight crew, officials say.

When asked why he attempted to open the emergency door in-flight, the Portland resident told police he hoped passengers onboard would start filming him so he had “the opportunity to share his thoughts on covid-19 vaccines,” according to an affidavit from FBI agent Adam T. Hoover. In a passenger video obtained by the Register-Guard, Demarre is seen yelling, “We’re all being lied to,” and muttering about coronavirus vaccines as he is taken off the plane by authorities.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/portland-man-charged-after-attempting-open-emergency-exit-portland-bound-flight and https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/02/15/delta-passenger-emergency-door-vaccines-demarre/

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Not the best way to get publicity.

[lapfog_1]

2. airplanes now need a special "anti-vax" door

that you can open at over 10,000 feet from the ground

[vanlassie]

9. HaHhaha!

[lame54]

17. Put it in the rear and shape it like a butthole

[hippywife]

3. That's gonna cost him.

Good!

[TheRealNorth]

4. Too bad they don't have a way of ejecting these morons from 10,000 feet without a parachute

[beaglelover]

6. Yes, that would be awesome!

[beaglelover]

5. These fuckers need to be charged to the fullest extent of the law and put on a 'no fly list' for the

rest of their miserable lives.

[Yonnie3]

7. I sort of was expecting him to have said "smash that like button and subscribe"

but he didn't.

What a deluded ass!

[William769]

8. I hate to admit this but

Stories like this make my day.

[BlueIdaho]

10. Slow Learners

The vast majority of Americans aren’t even reading their headlines, let alone diving deeper. They are sacrificing their own freedoms to a cause most don’t believe in and a guy most people have already rejected.

They are fools.

[TexasTowelie]

11. But now we are deprived of his "research."

[CanonRay]

12. FBI agent Hoover is what caught my eye

He's baaaaaaaack

[Chainfire]

13. The guy is a real genius.

Now he will carry a felony record on his back for life. I hope is moment of fame was worth it.

Hopefully, he will get a few years of quiet contemplation without the distractions of everyday life.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. And, His Stunt....

...for which he's in huge trouble wouldn't have worked anyway!
At 30,000 feet, it takes over a ton of force to open that door!
At 10,000 feet it's still really hard to open those doors.
So, his tantrum couldn't have escalated, besides scaring some passengers witless, but he's now going to be a convicted felon for his futile effort.

[PatSeg]

16. That is reassuring

I figured it was something like that, but I wasn't sure.

[Ocelot II]

19. The incident happened a short time after departure, before

the airplane reached cruising altitude. It's possible there wasn't enough differential pressure yet to keep the door completely sealed, which would be why the passengers heard an air rushing sound, but still enough to keep the door from opening. I suspect this guy had some psychological issues apart from being an anti-vax moron.

Those doors are hard to open even when the airplane is on the ground because they're quite heavy - which is why they seat so-called "able-bodied" passengers in the emergency exit rows.

[gratuitous]

14. I'd like to be the arresting officer

Just so I could say to him, "Let's go, Michael Brandon" as he passes from fucking around to finding out.

[Zorro]

18. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted

Way to make your point, Brainiac.