Man arrested for misbehavior on flight
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October 20, 2011, Thursday
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A MAN was arrested this week after his unruly behavior aboard a US Southwest Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Kansas City compelled the flight crew to make an emergency landing in Texas.
Ali Reza Shahsavari, 29, of Indialantic, Florida, has been charged with interfering with a flight crew, according to Patrick Rhodes, Amarillo's aviation director.
The flight landed without incident and the man was taken into custody for questioning by federal officials. None of the 136 passengers and five crew members was injured, and the aircraft resumed its flight after a security sweep, accoding to Brad Hawkins, spokesman for the airline.
Initially, authorities said the man had tried to break into the cockpit but Rhodes later said he was "not trying to break into the cockpit, but was unruly and had confronted the cabin crew."
Passenger Doug Oerding told a newspaper Shahsavari started screaming obscenities at other passengers during the flight. Flight attendants attempted to calm him but he went to the bathroom at the back of the plane and started making a commotion.
He said a flight attendant calmed Shahsavari down. The flight landed and police officers took him into custody.
Father Mohammad Shahsavari confirmed the suspect was his son but he did not know what led to the incident.
"I do not know what to say," he told reporters from his home in Indialantic.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigations said initial indications were that the incident was not terrorism related. The passenger's identity was not immediately released.
Ali Reza Shahsavari, 29, of Indialantic, Florida, has been charged with interfering with a flight crew, according to Patrick Rhodes, Amarillo's aviation director.
The flight landed without incident and the man was taken into custody for questioning by federal officials. None of the 136 passengers and five crew members was injured, and the aircraft resumed its flight after a security sweep, accoding to Brad Hawkins, spokesman for the airline.
Initially, authorities said the man had tried to break into the cockpit but Rhodes later said he was "not trying to break into the cockpit, but was unruly and had confronted the cabin crew."
Passenger Doug Oerding told a newspaper Shahsavari started screaming obscenities at other passengers during the flight. Flight attendants attempted to calm him but he went to the bathroom at the back of the plane and started making a commotion.
He said a flight attendant calmed Shahsavari down. The flight landed and police officers took him into custody.
Father Mohammad Shahsavari confirmed the suspect was his son but he did not know what led to the incident.
"I do not know what to say," he told reporters from his home in Indialantic.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigations said initial indications were that the incident was not terrorism related. The passenger's identity was not immediately released.
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