US EditionPlane Makes Emergency Landing In Windsor Locks Due To Disruptive Passenger: U.S. Attorney
- A disruptive passenger aboard American Airlines Flight 3359 forced an emergency landing on Tuesday night at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
- Approximately half an hour after departure from Bradley to Chicago, 24-year-old Wichita resident Julius Jordan Priester stood up, began removing his shirt, and called out for assistance.
- Priester grabbed a seated flight attendant, yelled, "You're coming with me," tackled them to the ground, and tried to drag the victim up the aisle before passengers restrained him.
- The captain declared an emergency and redirected the flight back to Bradley Airport, where authorities from the Connecticut State Police detained Priester, who was then transported to a hospital. He has been federally charged with interfering with flight crew members, a crime that carries a potential sentence of up to 20 years in prison.
- Priester appeared in federal court Wednesday and remains detained pending a Friday bond hearing as the FBI and Connecticut State Police continue their investigation into the mid-flight assault.
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Kansas man arrested after altercation on flight from Bradley International Airport
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (WTNH) — A Wichita, Kansas, man was arrested and charged with assault for an alleged altercation with a crewmember on a flight from Bradley International Airport on Tuesday night. According to court documents and statements, 24-year-old Julius Jordan Priester was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 3359 bound for Chicago, which departed from Bradley International Airport at approximately 9:30 p.m. Tuesday. Wrong-way…
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A Kansas man is facing federal charges after he grabbed a flight attendant on an American Airlines flight on Tuesday night, threw the person to the ground and tried to drag them up an aisle, federal prosecutors said. The man, Julius Jordan Priester, 24, of Wichita, Kan., was on a plane flying from Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., to Chicago when he began acting erratically around 10 p.m. — some 30 minutes into the one-hour …
Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Windsor Locks Due To Disruptive Passenger: U.S. Attorney
Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Windsor Locks Due To Disruptive Flier - Windsor Locks-East Windsor, CT - A passenger created a disturbance on a flight which had just departed Bradley Airport, causing the pilot to make an emergency landing.
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