A pilot flying for the American airline JetBlue was arrested yesterday after he suffered some sort on mental breakdown during the flight.
Flight 191 flying from New York’s JFK to Las Vegas had to make an emergency landing in Amarillo yesterday, some 900 miles away from its destination. A statement was issued from JFK saying that the plane was diverted “for a medical situation involving the Captain”.
It’s not exactly clear why the pilot, who has been identified as Clayton Osbone, suffered a mental breakdown during the trip. However, it has been reported that mid-way through the flight Osbone was returning from the restroom when he began “foaming at the mouth”. Gizmodo reports that while Osbone was foaming at the mouth he also began running up and down the aisle screaming about the Middle East and that ‘there was a bomb on board’.
The co-pilot then locked him out of the cockpit for acting hysterically. This was when the other passengers tackled him to the floor.
Luckily for everyone on board, a second off-duty pilot was on the flight and he took over the co-pilot’s duties while the co-pilot took command of the plane.
In the video below you can see passengers crowd the aisles as Osbone is surrounded. You can also hear him shouting and screaming as he is restrained.
Pretty frightening stuff to think the captain of an airplane might suffer a ‘mental breakdown’ mid-way through a flight. According to Jalopnik, Osbone is one of JetBlue’s longest serving pilots.
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