Terrifying moment United passenger threatens
mass-murder, before trying to stab flight
attendant in neck with broken spoon and
attempting to open emergency exit in mid-air
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Harriet Alexander
&
James Gordon
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
3/7/2023 3:25:51 AM
Terrifying footage has been released of the moment a passenger on a United Airlines flight from LA to Boston went berserk and threatened to 'kill every man on this plane'.
Francisco Severo Torres, 33, from Leominster, Massachusetts was charged with one count of interference and attempted interference with flight crew members using a dangerous weapon after he stabbed a flight attendant with a broken spoon.
In video shot by a fellow passenger sitting only feet away, Torres can be heard threatening to commit mass murder while goading others to try and stop him.
The man could be seen standing up in his seat while shouting at those seated around him.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 3/7/2023 3:39:22 AM (No. 1419057)
Hogtie the puke and throw him off the plane, preferably at 35,000 feet.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
chumley 3/7/2023 4:26:29 AM (No. 1419074)
They better have got his pronouns right.
15 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
konocti95 3/7/2023 5:23:09 AM (No. 1419085)
Praise be to God he didn't have the holy spork of Antioch, no telling what would have happened, then.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
5 handicap 3/7/2023 5:40:56 AM (No. 1419091)
From Massachusetts, Very probably a Harvard Grad, you know how much they love America....NOT!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Highlander 3/7/2023 5:56:46 AM (No. 1419094)
He didn’t look anything like a guy from “the religion of peace” did he? Naaah. At least he didn’t shout “Allahu Akbar!”
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 3/7/2023 8:02:50 AM (No. 1419166)
Francisco is the perfect candidate - - for United's "diversity" trainee program.
I expect to see him piloting a United jumbo jet by 2025.
10 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
Laotzu 3/7/2023 8:26:32 AM (No. 1419194)
Why are all the flying crazies transiting LA or the northeast?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
RayLRiv 3/7/2023 8:32:49 AM (No. 1419202)
Flight attendants need to fly with rolls of duct tape, rolls of quarters stuffed inside an athletic sock and be prepared to use a belt as a neck lasso to hogtie or 'calm down' these idiots.
7 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
Strike3 3/7/2023 9:07:45 AM (No. 1419242)
"The airline said that Torres was immediately banned from flying on their flights."
He should have arrived DOA when the plane landed.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
TnEm 3/7/2023 9:15:37 AM (No. 1419253)
I was impressed by the number of real men moving forward to deal with the nutter.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Hazymac 3/7/2023 9:39:23 AM (No. 1419273)
Who can imagine what gets into certain insane or evil people before they do the irrevocable act that ruins their lives, and perhaps the lives of many innocent victims? After what happened on 9/11 twenty-one years ago, a similar takeover of a commercial airliner in flight now is almost inconceivable, thanks to American citizens who will not let it happen again.
If Torres had been in front of me when he went off with his makeshift weapon, I'd have choked him out from behind by applying pressure to both of his carotid arteries in the crook of my left arm while the right hand cinched the choke behind his head. If he couldn't immediately throw me off his back (which might break his neck if I didn't release the choke hold aka "sleeper"), he would have about ten seconds of consciousness remaining. After those ten seconds, plus a few more to make sure, he would be totally out, an unconscious ragdoll, and could be hog-tied and gagged with duct tape for the authorities to haul him away. If the choke hold is kept on for two minutes before release, the perp would be quite dead, and that's about as cooperative as a terrorist savage could be. A full choke is very, very effective against would be terrorists.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Msquared112 3/7/2023 10:38:13 AM (No. 1419317)
He's an American. In true TikTok bravado, he reveals a generational narcissism so common among his age group. Get the attention: It doesn't matter how.
I hope they throw the book at him, but since his name is Latino, probably not.
3 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
pmcclure 3/7/2023 11:57:00 AM (No. 1419420)
I strongly suspect demonic possession.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DVC 3/7/2023 12:37:59 PM (No. 1419490)
Let the fool play with the door all he wants. It is physically entirely impossible to open a door in flight.
The internal pressure holds the doors into the frame with tens of thousands of pounds of force, even with the latches unlocked....the door MOVES INWARD.....and no one can pull the door against the air pressure differential, completely and totally impossible.
Let the fool play, nothing bad can happen. They can throw the lever to unlatch the locks.....which means nothing at all, because the door must move inward several inches before it can turn and then move outward.
Say the door is about three feet by six feet.....that is 18 square feet times 144 square inches per square foot, or about 2600 square inches. The pressure difference in a pressurized aircraft is about 12 pounds per square inch. That works out to about 31,000 lbs to pull that door inward the first inch.....not happening.
Let the crazy person pull on the door.....he's more likely to be able to lift the front of a semi-truck with his bare hands than open the door against the pressure.
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He's not only done flying with United, he's likely done flying period!! Especially in this day and age!!