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What an airline passenger encounters when they try to storm a cockpit
Juan Gabriel Reyes, 51, is accused of trying to breach the cockpit after opening an exit door, and the FAA logged 687 unruly-passenger reports this year.
By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — Cruising above the clouds at 32,000 feet in the air, chaos erupted in the cabin of a Frontier Airlines flight from Puerto Rico to Chicago last month. A 51-year-old passenger tried to open an exit door and now was trying to force his way into the cockpit. According to court records, Juan Gabriel Reyes, began “shoving his shoulder aggressively on the pilot’s door” and later attempted to choke an off-duty…