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https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/loca...559265201.html
The flight attendant who sparked a panic Monday night at Newark Liberty International Airport, sending up to 200 travelers fleeing a busy terminal in confused fear, had walked up to two men and asked them a series of "bizarre" questions before hitting an alarm and telling people to flee, officials say. Port Authority officials in an update Tuesday didn't immediately describe the nature of the questions the Alaska Airlines flight attendant was asking the two men at Gate 30 the night before... ...Airport sources told News 4 the attendant told authorities questioning her something along the lines of, "We got them; they are going to kill us all" and "I don’t care if they fire me, I’m protecting the people of the United States, this is never going to happen again,” among other statements. |
Originally Posted by HKG_Flyer1
(Post 31487906)
Pre-911 sterile area < post-911 sterile area. |
Originally Posted by nearlysober
(Post 31486404)
Still lots of unknowns and different points of views from articles. I'll save final judgement until a full report comes out but as a whole... it's better to be overly cautious these days. I think any final report will show that this was an over-reaction, everyone is on edge all the time these days... but you often hear survivors or witnesses after the fact talking about how something felt wrong, the person(s) were giving off bad vibes, acting oddly, etc... and no one intervened.
Maybe the FA/GA had a really strong sense of that? Plus one article says they tried to flee from the employee?
Originally Posted by jsguyrus
(Post 31486533)
First of all, "See something, say something" doesn't work at all if you then criticize the person for acting. Speaking for myself I would much rather have someone err on the side of safety. Lets just say the GA let these people board and then some unfortunate incident happened in flight. We would all me sitting around criticizing the GA for her inaction. Why don't we wait for facts before we make conclusions.
Originally Posted by 84fiero
(Post 31488970)
The flight attendant who sparked a panic Monday night at Newark Liberty International Airport, sending up to 200 travelers fleeing a busy terminal in confused fear, had walked up to two men and asked them a series of "bizarre" questions before hitting an alarm and telling people to flee, officials say. Port Authority officials in an update Tuesday didn't immediately describe the nature of the questions the Alaska Airlines flight attendant was asking the two men at Gate 30 the night before...
...Airport sources told News 4 the attendant told authorities questioning her something along the lines of, "We got them; they are going to kill us all" and "I don’t care if they fire me, I’m protecting the people of the United States, this is never going to happen again,” among other statements. And "see something say something" doesn't work with a psychotic person. Unless you also believe in their delusions. Which, I guess because this is America, isn't uncommon. |
glad she didnt have this breakdown while at 35,000 feet
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Originally Posted by boycruz
(Post 31490489)
glad she didnt have this breakdown while at 35,000 feet
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Originally Posted by s0ssos
(Post 31486594)
Because supposedly this is a sterile area. What do you think the men are going to do?
Originally Posted by HKG_Flyer1
(Post 31487906)
Pre-911 sterile area < post-911 sterile area. https://www.google.com/search?q=tsa+fails+test&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari or maybe simply answer this: if you see a guy running around in the sterile area with a gun, threatening passengers, do you assume you are hallucinating because it simply isn’t possible in a TSA-protected area? |
Originally Posted by notquiteaff
(Post 31495725)
how many articles would you like me to find that report on the failure of TSA agents to find weapons or explosives when tested? ;) https://www.google.com/search?q=tsa+...&client=safari or maybe simply answer this: if you see a guy running around in the sterile area with a gun, threatening passengers, do you assume you are hallucinating because it simply isn’t possible in a TSA-protected area? Obviously that lady was drinking more than the TSA's kool-aid. But the thing is these 2 men weren't running around waving guns. They "ran away" from questioning. Hmm, doesn't appear like any of the other gunmen we have seen? |
Originally Posted by HKG_Flyer1
(Post 31487906)
Pre-911 sterile area < post-911 sterile area. Idk maybe it's just because of how close I was to the WTC when it went down but I'm always thinking defensively sterile or not. Of course the details of this portray a much different issue but the fact of the matter the term "sterile area" is meaningless to me. |
Originally Posted by milypan
(Post 31487580)
They have their own ESU --- basically what people would call SWAT in NYC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Yo...y_Service_Unit I'd always thought of SWAT as an LAPD originated thing, but it turns out Philly invented this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWAT |
It was a couple of Chinese guys
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/alaska-airlines-newark-chaos
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Originally Posted by smith80678
(Post 31499308)
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/alaska-airlines-newark-chaos
I'm so glad he came forward, those poor guys. The bipolar business makes a lot more sense now, that's for sure. |
If it was a severely bipolar AS employee, I hope it was a GA and not a FA. |
Now I'm wondering about whether people were injured when they ran through the glass⛑️⚕️
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Originally Posted by smith80678
(Post 31499456)
Now I'm wondering about whether people were injured when they ran through the glass⛑️⚕️
Realistically, how could they not be, even if they didn't go to a hospital? Is every AS passenger Superman or even a star of those reality TV shows about life in the Alaskan wilderness? |
If someone yelled "evacuate", they should have good reason. If not, they should be prepared to compensate people who weren't already wearing brown colored pants.
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