Crew subdues man banging on cockpit during flight

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Source: Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Crew members and passengers wrestled a 28-year-old man to the cabin floor after he began pounding on the cockpit as an American Airlines flight approached San Francisco, the third security incident in a day on U.S. planes, authorities said Monday.

The man was yelling unintelligibly as he brushed past a flight attendant about 10 minutes before American Airlines Flight 1561 was due at San Francisco International Airport Sunday night, Sgt. Michael Rodriguez of the San Francisco police said.

A male flight attendant tackled the suspect, who carried a Yemen passport, and other crew members aided as the suspect banged on the cockpit door. "He asked for help; a couple of passengers joined in," Rodriguez told The Associated Press. "They were able to get him to ground and a flight attendant put him in plastic handcuffs."

The Boeing 737 carrying 162 people landed safely at 9:10 p.m. and the man was taken into police custody.

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Another freak-out or a terrorist wanna-be trying to take down an airplane?

You know, crap like this is why we're going to be stuck with the stupid TSA grope-check and the funky TSA perv-check machines for a long while.