Turkish Airlines passengers subdue man who screamed and rushed towards plane cockpit
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Passengers on a Turkish Airlines plane flying from Turkey to Sudan had to subdue a man who started screaming, tried to smash an oxygen mask box and then a cabin window, before pushing flight attendants aside and rushing towards the cockpit. Several passengers stopped the agitated man in the Boeing 737-900’s business class section after the uproar began only a few minutes after take off from Istanbul, according to Associated Press photographer Hussein Malla – on board the flight on Friday. A few minutes after the announcement, the same man stood up and pushed towards the front of the plane, where others grabbed him and shackled him with plastic restraints provided by flight attendants.
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