An unruly passenger forced a Continental pilot to divert his Chicago-bound flight from Houston to St. Louis on Sunday, after the passenger made an attempt to open an emergency exit door during the flight.
Twenty-minutes after Continental Airlines Flight 546 left Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, witnesses told authorities the 34-year-old passenger from Burbank, Ill., walked toward the front of the cabin, claiming he had to get off the plane.
There were loud screams on board as men throughout the cabin dashed toward the disturbance, said Sara Olkon, a former Chicago Tribune reporter who was on the flight.
“It was the sound of terror,” she said.
What the hell are people thinking? Full story via Houston Chronicle.