Another Flight 93?

by JASmius



Here's a refresher on the original:



Did United flight 1074 almost join this "exclusive club"?:

A United Airlines flight had to make a U-turn in the sky after an unruly passenger ran toward the cockpit screaming “jihad, jihad,” according to a government official with direct knowledge of the incident.

They were spoken aboard Flight 1074, after it left Washington Dulles International Airport [D.C.] for Denver International Airport on Monday.

The pilots told air traffic controllers that the passenger started acting violently but was later subdued by other passengers, according to LiveATC.net, which provides audio of air traffic control transmissions.

“He ran forward towards the cockpit, and he is being restrained by passengers,” one of the pilots said. “Cockpit is secure, and we would like to return to the airport and have the authorities meet him.”

A cell phone video shows the man, bruised on his face, held down by other passengers. [emphasis added]

This jackoff should consider himself fortunate to be alive.

Which in turn tells us all we need to know that this was not a serious jihadist, because if he'd been properly trained as a terrorist operative, he wouldn't have started shouting paeons to Allah until after he'd secured control of the plane.  Also, he wouldn't have tried to hijack the jetliner all by himself.

On the other hand, maybe he figured that it's been nearly a decade and a half since 9/11, and the American infidels twice elected a jihadi-symp as their leader, so maybe flight 1074 was ripe for the taking.  In which case, could you really blame him for his overconfidence?