humble3d Posted June 12, 2016 Share Posted June 12, 2016 Screaming man tries opening plane door at 36,000ft... Passenger plane diverts after 'screaming' man attempts to light a cigarette and open aircraft door at 36,000ft Vancouver-bound flight took off from Munich and diverted to Hamburg Passenger claims man began 'being difficult' at start of 10.5 hour flight Man reportedly attempted to open up the back-door of the Airbus aircraft Plane was met by a doctor who then diagnosed man with a mental disorder A pilot was forced to divert a passenger plane just an hour into its flight after a 'screaming' man attempted to light up a cigarette and open the aircraft's door at 36,000ft. The Vancouver-bound Lufthansa flight took off from Munich at 2.50pm on Sunday but was forced to divert to Hamburg after a passenger began to behave erratically, local media reported. One man on the flight said the flyer - who was later diagnosed with a mental disorder - started 'being difficult' at the beginning of the 10 and a half hour flight, but crew decided to take-off anyway'. The Vancouver-bound Lufthansa flight took off from Munich at 2.50pm but diverted to Hamburg after a passenger began to behave erratically The Vancouver-bound Lufthansa flight took off from Munich at 2.50pm but diverted to Hamburg after a passenger began to behave erratically The Lufthansa flight circled at 36,000ft twice to burn fuel before diverting to Hamburg soon after The Lufthansa flight circled at 36,000ft twice to burn fuel before diverting to Hamburg soon after Speaking to CBC, Dan Iosch from Vancouver, who was a passenger in first-class on the flight, said that the man reportedly attempted to open the back-door of the aircraft after it reached its highest altitude. Iosch, who alleges that the drama unfolded over a series of in-flight announcements, said: 'It was reported that there was a man in the back of the plane screaming and yelling and apparently tried to open the back door of the aircraft at 38,000 feet. Apparently at the beginning of the flight he was being a little difficult, but they decided to take off. 'I guess once we got in the air he got more and more agitated and he tried to light up a cigarette. He was yelling and screaming. 'The captain was amazing. He had everything in hand and he was calm, but he redirected the plane to Hamburg immediately and we were cleared in straight away.' Pilot was forced to divert a passenger plane just an hour into its flight after a 'screaming' man attempted to light up a cigarette and open the aircraft's door at 36,000ft Pilot was forced to divert a passenger plane just an hour into its flight after a 'screaming' man attempted to light up a cigarette and open the aircraft's door at 36,000ft A Lufthansa spokesperson confirmed that a passenger was removed from the aircraft Landing in Hamburg at 5pm, the passenger was met by police, paramedics and a doctor who reportedly diagnosed him with a mental disorder. CBC claim that the man was later taken to a local psychiatric facility and police are not investigating the incident. Speaking to MailOnline Travel, a spokesman for the airline said: 'Flight LH476 from Munich to Vancouver made an unscheduled landing in Hamburg for medical reasons. 'A passenger was exhibiting behavioural problems. His luggage was unloaded in Hamburg where he was then handed over to the emergency services. 'The aircraft landed in Hamburg at 18:04 and departed again for Vancouver at 19:54 pm.' The flight arrived in Vancouver two hours later than scheduled. British Airways' Captain Dave Thomas told MailOnline Travel previously that it would not be possible to open an aircraft door mid-flight. 'The exits on modern aircraft are normally referred to as "plug doors",' he explained. 'That means that with the use of clever door mechanisms, the doors themselves, when closed, are tapered like a bath plug so in effect they are bigger than the openings in which they sit. 'This stops them opening outwards and the pressure inside the cabin is equivalent to between two to three tons of pressure, which stops them opening inwards,' he said. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3604559/Passenger-plane-diverts-screaming-man-attempts-light-cigarette-open-aircraft-door-36-000ft.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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