JetBlue Pilot Put In Choke Hold By Passenger During Mile High Meltdown!
March 27 2012, Published 9:00 a.m. ET
By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter
Even in the most dire circumstances pilots are trained to keep their cool, but it was an unsuspecting passenger who had to take control when a JetBlue captain went beserk in the middle of a flight on Tuesday.
The pilot "exhibited erratic behavior," according to a TSA statement, when he began ranting about bombs “Iraq, al-Qaeda, and terrorism,” and struck fear into the hearts of the 135 passengers on board.
David Gonzalez, 50, was sitting in the second row of Flight 191 from JFK to Las Vegas when he spotted the captain storming out of the cockpit and towards an occupied bathroom, reported ABCNews.com. Then the co-pilot locked the door behind his superior, prompting him to completely spiral out of control.
"We got to get this plane down, this guy is nuts." Gonzalez said he remembered thinking.
Flight attendants struggled to control their manic manager, as Pennsylvania native Gonzalez, who used to work for the New York City Department of Corrections and was on his way to Las Vegas for an annual security show, saw him edging towards the emergency exit door.
"I just didn't want him opening up that door