Mon, Jun 09, 2003
Passenger's Antics Termed "Stupid Stunt"
It was a stupid stunt. That's how Australian
Transport Minister John Anderson describes a June 5th incident
aboard a Virgin Blue flight from Melbourne to Brisbane. As Virgin
Blue Flight 323 taxied from the gate with 140 passengers on board,
one of them notified a flight attendant that the person sitting
next to him said, "This is Bush's plane and it's going down",
according to a report in The Australian. The complaining passenger
said the suspect had “heavily muddied boots on, and his eyes
were glazed over as if he was drugged out of it."
So Much For The Trip To Brisbane.
The aircraft didn't take off. Instead, it was boarded by agents
from the Australian Protective Service. The passenger in question
was handcuffed and interrogated, but no weapons were found.
Transport Minister Anderson says that just shows Australia is on
the ball when it comes to attempted hijackings.
Only last week, a Qantas purser and a flight attendant were
seriously wounded when a passenger leapt from his seat and stabbed
them with a wooden stake. He was apparently intent on getting into
the cockpit and forcing the aircraft to crash. In that instance,
the suspect was subdued by passengers and crew.
Virgin Blue chief executive Brett Godfrey said the captain did
the right thing, given last week's hijack attempt in Melbourne.
"Perhaps people are pretty edgy, but rightly so," he said. "I guess
we need to take those sorts of actions."
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