Passenger problems

NA = newsroom anchor, R = reporter, P = pilot

NA	A Western Pacific flight makes an emergency landing in Seoul after a passenger declares that the aircraft is falling apart. News East Kate Shamayoto is at the airport with more details of this strange case.
R	You just don’t expect things like this to happen. All of a sudden, a passenger in the very last row starts yelling that the aircraft is going to break up. Flight 76 was on it’s way from Busan to Beijing when it was forced to make an emergency stop in Seoul after flight attendants couldn’t get the man under control. The aircraft landed at around 6.30 last night.
NA	I understand the flight attendants had some special help on board. What can you tell us about that?
R	Apparently there was quite a struggle and when the passengers saw that the attendants were struggling to control the man they jumped in to help. They said they had some difficulty getting him onto the floor, but no one was hurt. The passengers helped to hold him down while his ankles and wrists were handcuffed. When the flight eventually landed, Korean Police took the man away. So far we’ve not heard what’s going to happen to him. We spoke to the flight crew yesterday evening. This is what the flight’s captain had to say:
P	He had a drink at the origin airport. He was on medication but didn’t take it. Perhaps a combination of not taking the medication, the drink and the altitude affected his usual behaviour. We diverted because we felt he was a threat to the safety of the flight.
R	Back to you in the newsroom.

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BOMB SCARE

Latest news on the attempted hijacking of a Greek jet has led to conflicting reports from the airline and passengers. Yesterday we were told a middle-aged man attempted to hijack the jet and re-route it to Germany, threatening to blow it up if his demands weren’t met. The man, who hasn’t been named, demanded that the flight, from the Greek resort of Corfu, be taken to Munich in Germany. He was arrested after the aircraft reached its original destination of Kharkov. The would-be hijacker, in his early 50s, made the demand in a note to the pilot of the Airbus a-320, which was carrying tourists returning from the Mediterranean resort. The offender got out of his seat and handed the note to a flight attendant saying he had a bomb. The man then attempted to walk towards the cockpit. At this point he was overpowered by several passengers. The prosecutors’ spokeswoman did not name the man but said he was from a Central Asian region. This contradicts the statement by a Greek official that said he was a German national. The man did not have explosives and investigators are still seeking to determine whether he was drunk.

However some passengers are questioning official reports. They said they were on the flight and they didn’t notice anything unusual. They denied reports the man was drunk and said they didn’t see anybody fighting with passengers or cabin crew. In fact quite the opposite. The passengers reported the whole fight was calm and they didn’t notice anything unusual. It was only when they landed and saw armed police near the aircraft that they realized there was a problem. Some of the passengers had relatives waiting to meet them. They too saw the security personnel moving towards the aircraft and the passengers began to get worried telephone calls on their mobile phones.

An unconfirmed report has suggested that it was just an overreaction by a member of the cabin crew who was being harassed by the passenger.

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