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An American Airlines flight attendant faces federal charges after she began attacking fellow crew members and U.S. marshals on both legs of an international flight from Charlotte.
Joanne Snow is charged with interference with flight crew members and attendants, and assault on an officer or employee of the United States, according to court documents related to the case. Snow's erratic behavior disrupted both legs of American flight 704 from Charlotte to Frankfurt, Germany, on Nov. 23 and 24, according to a federal affidavit.
According to the affidavit by federal Air Marshal Joseph D. Fialka, who was assigned to the round trip,
Snow slapped other flight attendants and shoved, punched or kicked at marshals.
Fialka says that other flight attendants told him before takeoff from Charlotte that they had tried to have Snow removed from duty but that American did not replace her. American spokeswoman Katie Cody released this statement midday Monday:
"We are aware of the incident, along with the subsequent criminal complaint, and take this matter very seriously. We are cooperating fully with federal law enforcement in their investigation, and are working directly with our employees. The safety and security of our customers and employees is always the top priority."
In his affidavit, Fialka said Snow confessed to him several times before takeoff that she was "crazy" or a "train wreck." Once the doors closed, another attendant told Fialka that Snow had slapped her in the middle galley of the airport. Some 45 minutes later, Fialka says, Snow shoved him several times.
"She was quite irrational at this time," the marshal said in his affidavit. "She proceeded to the back of the plane, I learned that, while in the back of the plane, she grabbed the collar of the clothing (of another marshal) ... and spoke nonsensical things."
Later, Fialka said he tried to calm Snow. In response, she struck him twice with her open palm in his chest, he said. "The force of this action moved me back. I weigh considerably more than Snow." The behavior continued and disrupted the rest of the flight, then resumed on the trip back to Charlotte with the same crew in place, the affidavit says.
After landing, the flight crew wanted to find help for their colleague, Fialka wrote, but at customs, Snow's behavior escalated.
She began yelling and screaming and tried to get around passport control. Fialka says he handcuffed her for her own safety, then escorted her to an interview room. There, he says, she kicked him five or six time before he and another law enforcement officer could restrain her. Snow's initial appearance in federal court was canceled.
Reader Comments
The C's made the statement that people were going to start being activated.. With all the shootings and people just suddenly losing it, I think those who have programmed are at risk of being activated if they come within range of a GWENN TOWER..
Or did she see something (others also might have seen) but had no right to talk about?
A true law enforcement officer. Nice to know that they still exist and shoot only as a truly last resort.
R.C.
I understand that radiation exposure can make a person or animal irrational and violent. Possibly?
No Kudos for Katos' Dis/Misinformation
First, they (Air Marshals) use hollow points designed to expand upon flesh impact so your typical shooting would be at point blank range and the bullet likely wouldn't exit the body. (Especially on specially designed - super expensive - anti-terrorist rounds designed to shatter if they hit something hard, BUT, if they impact softer flesh, they first first penetrate, and then explode. (Kinda like Day of the Jackal, version 2001. One brand that comes to mind: Nytrillium?)
{Note: Although 'our' gov. bought enough HP rounds to shoot every American five? times... these are NOT allowed to be used in our 'little wars' in Iraq/Iran/Syria, etc., SO DON'T think they're stocking them up for all our little overseas wars. See The Geneva Convention, as interpreted by the USA. However, police have no problem shooting Americans with such. How will they ever use them all? Stay tuned to SOTT, WRH, et al.
Second, there are countless articles about how bullet-caused airline explosive decompression is a movie farce.
See, e.g., gadgetopia.com/post/2606;
Or, if movies are where your facts are from -as they likely seem to be - I wonder if you wrote this snippet I found on a quick google search: science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/science.../gun-on-plane.htm
"There's even the flick "Air Force One," where the president, played by Harrison Ford, is shooting a gun and the terrorists are firing right back. ... Wouldn't the plane explode or depressurize as soon as the bullet hit the skin of the airplane? There are four things that might happen .."
conclusion there:
"If the bullet simply punctures the skin of an airplane, then it's no big deal. The cabin of the airplane is pressurized, and the hole creates a small leak, but the pressurization system will compensate for it. A single hole, or even a few holes like this, will have no effect."
This inane 'movie effect' - shading reality in many's eyes - is scary to see on SOTT.
(It is little - nay, NO - different from
- Reefer madness;
-Crack madness;
- Or, when cars burn and blow up - but only in movies, ad nausaem, ad inf.
In reality - I've seen two engine fires engulf cars (not mine) from a safe distance - both were AMC's (I recall one Gremlin) - and in both cases, when the gas tank caught there was a barely audible bah-thumpth and the rate of burning increased. That was it.)
(I'm not recommending you stand next to one, nor jump off a cliff. But getting out of bed increases one's danger. Get over it and get info straight.)
R.C.