Unruly Passenger Swung at Flight Attendant, Said He Hated Women, & Sang of Bin Laden
- Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:52am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Yazeed Mohammed Abunayyan (AP)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Saudi Arabian teenager has been indicted on charges of interfering with a flight crew after authorities alleged he tried to hit fellow passengers, took a swing at a flight attendant and referred to Osama bin Laden during a flight to Houston.
Police arrested 19-year-old Yazeed Mohammed A. Abunayyan on Tuesday night at Portland International Airport after his Continental Airlines flight turned around after the incident.
A cousin said that his relative suffers from schizophrenia, was flying home to see his sick mother and hasn’t taken his medication for three weeks.
The cousin, Fahad Alsubaie, 21, told the Medford Mail Tribune he was escorted off the plane with Abunayyan. Alsubaie said the disruption began after a flight attendant confronted the two for sitting together, because Alsubaie was in the wrong seat.
“I was going to ride back with him, just to make sure he was safe. They didn’t want us to sit together,” said Alsubaie, a Saudi Arabian exchange student studying English at Southern Oregon University in Ashland.
Wednesday’s indictment said a flight attendant asked Abunayyan to stop smoking an electronic cigarette, but he refused. He’s also accused of yelling profanities and swinging his fist at the flight attendant, and also hitting or attempting to hit several passengers.
Abunayyan also spoke or sang about Osama bin Laden and his hatred of women, the indictment said.
“When they asked him to stop the cigarette … he just went crazy, I couldn’t stop him,” Alsubaie told the Mail Tribune.
Passenger Mark Foster told KGW-TV that he and others aboard the flight were prepared to take action.
“You could tell buckles were off,” he said. “People were already leaning toward the aisles.”
Asked whether the FBI considered Abunayyan a terrorism threat, spokeswoman Beth Anne Steele noted that the indictment was on interfering charges, not terrorism.
Ashland police believe Abunayyan is the same teenager who led police on a slow-speed chase in the Southern Oregon town Sunday, ramming two police cars and nearly hitting a pedestrian. He was accused of drunken driving and assaulting an officer and was released on bail Monday.
The cousin said he was the person hanging out the driver‘s side window trying to pull the key out of the car’s ignition while Abunayyan was driving away from police Sunday in Ashland.
“When I asked him about what he did in Ashland, he said, `Not me, other person inside me,’” Alsubaie told the newspaper. “He thinks he has a different personality.”
Abunayyan appeared in court Wednesday afternoon to hear the charges and was assigned an interpreter who translated the proceedings into Arabic. His attorney, Phil Lewis, said in court that he needs more time to meet with Abunayyan before he enters a plea.
“His English is not good enough,” Lewis said. “I’m unable to ascertain issues of competence.”
Abunayyan started attending the Sonoma State American Language Institute at Sonoma State University, north of San Francisco, as a Saudi Arabian exchange student in September, institute director Helen Kallenbach told the Medford paper. He was studying to improve his English before beginning classes at the university, she said.
“He was very sweet, but he was a pretty disturbed young man,” Kallenbach told the newspaper. “During the last week, he just started to crash and burn – we had been concerned about him.”
Alsubaie said Abunayyan heard the news about his mother about a week ago.
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Comments (136)
Gonzo
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:15amHe “hasn’t taken his medication for three weeks.” So there is a cure for Islam now? Fantastic!
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:31amYeah, who knew there was a cure. Must be extracted from pork, or somethin, eh
Report Post »Miami
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:48amI have a cure for the Airplane disorder, the good old fashion eject button. A properly sized trapdoor, which will purge the unruly passenger.
I wonder how people will feel if the selfish outburst will be dealt with short and sweet? With an AHhhhh….
Report Post »objectivetruth
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 9:20amYeah there is always has been.Its called execution preferably with a pork product attached to it in some way.He hates women.Too bad the women on the flight didn’t just beat the living h** out of him.Really they should have just waited till landing, then beat him quite literally to death.IWho knows his mother may have been eternally grateful.
Report Post »MYHEROISRON
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 9:37amIt’s time for that frontal lobotomy …
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 10:01amDoes any Constitution-defending American Citizen still entertain the Bambi-style notion that the muslims are here in America for peaceful reasons?
We are at war with Islam but only the muslims will admit it.
When a Beslan style slaughter of children occurs in America, it will be because we allowed the muslims to remain on American soil for no reason at all. No reason at all. They do not belong in America or anyplace where Western Civilization lives.
Report Post »bccrane
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 10:09amAgain the failure of the TSA in which the passengers had to again take care of in the air. Tell me “Why do we need the TSA?” It seems to me that the passengers are doing a better job of locating and disabling terrorists than the TSA. The passengers took care of the shoe bomber, the underwear bomber, and the islamic bail jumper. The TSA harrasses the ordinary citizen to prove they are doing their job and saying see the government is taking away your rights for your own safety. I wonder are there rules to let certain people through just to cause a problem in order for the government to set more rules for “your safety”.
Report Post »proudinfidel54
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 11:31amGood one Gonzo, The Proper med should be Cyanide. It sounds like this Liberal Language School in Northern Cal. could be a breeding ground for the next generation of terrorists….maybe the FBI should keep an eye on that place, you know they will be watching this nutjob and and his“baffled”, excuse making, cousin. It is probably the anti-western indoctrination that is manifesting itself in this guys subconcience.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 11:53amI feel sorry for him.i love how he pushes your buttons by singing the praises of osama.The one guy who gave you a taste of your own medicine and of course you all freak out when you hear his name.You thin skinned hypocrites can dish it out all right but that you finally had to take it is a stumbling block your hubris never anticipated.he brought you to the knowledge there in fact could be consequences to you for your policies toward them How dare he-ddidn’t God tell him we can kill with impunity? he upset the apple cart and brought you into the 21stc -of people all people.that was never supposed to happen but it did because the world and its people don’t belong to you.it’s not so easy to manipulate the world any more-for cheap oil.military bases etc.Love how just the word osama -the freedom fighter -freaks you out..
Report Post »Miami
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 12:01pmrose-ellen
Pork to you
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 12:29pmummmmmmmmmm
Rose
yer a friggin idiot. unable to have an intellegent critically founded thought. Read the dang story,
Report Post »midwesthippie
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 2:34pm…another sleeper cell coming undone…can’t hold it (anti-America) in forever.
Report Post »Cesium
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 2:39pmYea, and Joseph smith and Jesus were schizophrenics too.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 5:24pmHatred of women? Check.
Report Post »Admiration for OBL? Check.
Violent? Check.
Unable to coexist with the laws and standards of others? Check.
A poster boy for Islam.
AvengerK
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 5:29pm“Osama” is it ROSE-ELLEN? You still have his poster on your wall sweetie? Do you get all tingly at night when you look at it? You think about all those people he had killed and you get all squirmy and hot ROSIE? Do you call his name during “playtime” ROSIE? “oh…OSAMA…OSAMA…kill another three thousand people baby…show those imperialists who’s boss my hot little Sheik”. You’re a sick, wretched, vile little woman ROSIE. Get some help you disgusting little troll.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:09pmI think, I have a “in flight” remedy for this crap.
Install a chute. You‘re caught doing something ’illegal’ on a plane, put ‘em in the chute and flush ’em out. See ya on the ground.
Report Post »ConservativeQtee
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:04amOur PC culture is going to destroy us. Why aren’t we deporting this douchebag and everyone like him? When are we going to wake up?
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:19amwell I don’t know about you, but I feel MUCH safer knowing TSA is pattin’ down little kids. I mean, that MUST be where the real danger is. Not from dirtballs like this. His cuz says he‘s sufferin’ from schizophrenia. At least he wasn‘t sufferin’ from radical islamism, right?
oh — wait. what was he yellin??? hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Report Post »Yeah, keep on pattin’ down them lil kiddies, ya useless overpaid pervs
midwesthippie
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 2:36pm…it’s oregon
Report Post »wellhangingchad
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:03amThis was just a test run. They wanted to see exactly what they could get away with before their next flight.
Report Post »Texas.7
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 9:33amExcellent point about the test run!
And the thing about hating women, though you don’t often hear about that, I believe it is actually ingrained in their faith system as evident by the treatment of women.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:03amHey AP, did you actually WRITE this story, or did you use the template Hussein handed out to his media?
Report Post »Racer Pups
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:01amHow much money has the government spent on AIDS Research?
Report Post »What progress could have been made if, say 80% of that money was spent on Mental Health Research instead?
If, in fact, this young man is schizophrenic he did nothing Immoral or Unethical to cause that condition.
Can 99% of HIV positive people say that? (Even in Africa, monogamous relationships are AIDS free.)
JustPeachy
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:36amOh please. Yes, I can already hear the lawyers (which we’d likely pay for) all ready to jump to his defense based on the grounds of “insanity.”
I know it’s “bad” to talk about faith – evil vs. good, etc. and those who do are labled “crazy” (oh no!) but maybe he’s possessed. Happened in the Bible. Even Jesus described some of them. They appear totally out of their minds.
Meds don’t take care of demon possession, although perhaps it helps control the brain–therefore not giving them quite as much access. . .? But he’s likely opened himself up to ungodly influences.
And I know. . . I’ll be called crazy just as Santorum was for DARING to talk about Satan in a CHURCH of all things! (GASP!) LOL
Sorry but God exists. So does Satan. The Bible is true. And yeah I’m one of those “crazy Christians.” So be it.
Report Post »willbedone
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 10:09amYou say he did nothing immoral to cause his behavior! Get a grip, he did not take his medication for three weeks. THAT puts the blame back on him
Racer Pups
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 10:49amMay God be between someone you Love and a diagnosis of Schizophrenia.
Report Post »Alecto
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 12:44pmSince when are Americans obligated to allow mentally defective persons such as this into the country to “study”? Why wasn’t more scrutiny applied to his visa process? Muslims should not be allowed in the U.S. on student visas any longer. They’re too difficult to track, no oversight is provided by the schools and it’s mostly a cover for radials to infiltrate. Saudi Arabia can solve its own damn mental health issues!
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:00amSeems a lot of those peaceful muslims are “disturbed”.
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:00amHere is a “Poster Boy” for profiling….
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:56amHe hates women. He will enjoy prison. Oddly, I’m pretty confident he supports stoning gays.
Report Post »wildgeese
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:08amprison is hardly the place for such a talented Middle Eastern Johnny Depp.
Report Post »SoupSandwich
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 9:04amGreat place for him to be in the ultra white NW…the brand and meth heads gallore will welcome him.
Report Post »SLARTIBARTFAST
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:51amWhat’s the difference between a Saudi and a Saudi schizophrenic? Wait…..wait….. Dang, I though I had a punchline there for a minute….
Report Post »RedManBlueState
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 10:43amThe Saudi Schizo demands 144 virgins.
Report Post »supressorgrid
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:45amNext time I am on a plane I will just start singing Jesus Loves Me at the top of my voice, see how long I can get away with it.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:26amThat’s hate speech now… and if you mention Satan you’re a lunatic.
Report Post »JustPeachy
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 8:38amOh oh, Gonzo. I just did that in another response here (mentioned Satan!). lol Some called Jesus a lunatic too. (Guess He was by their definition since He not only talked about Satan/Lucifer, but demons and Hell, too!!! :-0 )
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 9:00amGood thing He’s not running for POTUS, eh Peachy?
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:40amThey’re already setting up an insanity defense for him. I‘ll bet this POS won’t even get his student visa revoked. The airline should sue him for the time and fuel lost due to his ‘schizophrenic episode’. What a joke we’ve become, as Muslims use our own laws against us to ‘bring down our miserable house’. The only justice left in this country is on-site justice. The passengers should have beaten him to a pulp.
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:34amSo now we are letting wacko’s into our country? This guy should be put on a no fly list after they send him back to wherever it is he came from. This guy is a ticking time bomb and a danger.
Report Post »BSdetector
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:40amWe’ve been letting Muslims into the country for hundreds of years… It‘s just that now they’re a protected species.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:44amBut his momma was sick…sniff sniff…
Report Post »I am with you. If his mother was indeed sick…send her to him if they want to see each other. Dont bring in a crazy lunatic.
wildgeese
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:58amHe’s not a wacko. Thats Johhny Depp practicing for his next big role – “one flew over the cookoo’s Nest”
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:30amNotice how he could pass for mexican? They are just walking into America unaccounted for and doing whatever they want!!!
Report Post »hatchetjob
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 12:27pmAn ugly one at that…. they’re always ugly.
Report Post »The Realist
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:29am“A cousin said that his relative suffers from schizophrenia”
-Riiiiiiiight. So split personality huh? What, so every once in a while he *doesn’t* act like a typical Muslim terrorist then correct?
Report Post »BO_Bill
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:28amRe: “A cousin said that his relative suffers from schizophrenia, was flying home to see his sick mother and hasn’t taken his medication for three weeks.”
This confirms what many of us instinctively suspected. In short, Yazeed Mohammed A. Abunayyan is a good boy, a very good boy. He most surely has been hanging out with “the wrong crowd”.
Report Post »NealPatrick
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:20amHe is lucky the plane turned around and returned him to liberal Portland and didn’t land in Houston.
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:30amSorry about your mental condition but I’d bounce him back to the sand dunes…
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:20amI said so yesterday, vocal chords are their new attack on airlines.
All they have to do is start shouting, and we will land the plane, turn it around, delay the flight, delay passengers = disrupt the economy.
Does dhs have a scanner for THAT?!?!?
Report Post »One word…
PROFILE !
Tickdog
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:19amtake him out…
Report Post »AmericanFightingMan1
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:59pmRoger doger.
Report Post »NealPatrick
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:18amDeport his ass.
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:16amSo, why is using an electronic cigarette (discharges steam) not allowed on airplanes?
Report Post »oldwmn
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:32ambecause a electronic cigarette that gives off steam can be altered to give off biological germs in the form of steam and everyone would shrug and say its only steam then drop dead..this ******* punk should have been beaten with the passengers shoes till he was in coma city that is what the barbarian punk would have understood he should have been stomped on by every woman on the flight with spiked heels hows that barbarian attitude now punk you give out crap you get it back ten times
Report Post »supressorgrid
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:42ambecause smoking is not allowed. BTW, OLDWMN needs a hug.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 9:02amBecause obama legislates by policy.
Report Post »Raymond LaHood declared in 2011 that the current ban on cigarettes extends to e-cigs.
FAR 121.317 bans smoking on U.S. flights (with some exceptions), but, I find no specific reference to e-cigs. It bans “smoking.” So, if there is no “smoke,“ is it ”smoking?”
By and large, the real reason for the POLICY ban is that many passengers are uneducated, and, airlines do not want to have to educate people about them.
Another problem is, SOME e-cigs DO emit chemicals, per the FDA. The FDA issued a warning in 2009 that “laboratory analysis of electronic cigarette samples has found that they contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals such as diethylene glycol, an ingredient used in antifreeze.” So, it would be a big can of worms, certifying approved ecigs and non-approved ecigs, and monitoring passenger usage for each.
Furthermore, Congress put money in the FAA Reauthorization Act this past time, that funds research and development of smoke detectors for restrooms, etc., that detect ecigs. (Sounds like they are worried about something other than water vapors – like chemical attacks) They also approved funds for research on CLEANING air in aircraft. (You would think the aircraft mfg’s would work on that of their own volition.)
objectivetruth
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 9:17amThere has been talk in smokers rights forums about getting their own airplane/s.I can assure you of this ,if they do, there will be one rule.No middle easterners allowed.Since it will be private not public I don’t think the pc police will be able to charge them with discrimination.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:09amDriving drunk (or just not medicated), nearly hit a pedestrian, assaults police officers and gets out of jail on bail. Has enough money for bail and for his cousin (?) to escort him to Seattle. Doesn’t speak English. Are there any red flags in this story? Oh, and don’t forget the bin Laden and hating women part (does that include his mother?) If this had been a white man he would still be in jail and probably charged by HLS. CAIR will probably step in and say there was profiling by Islamaphobic airline employees and police, a law suit will be filed and people will be fired for doing their job.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:35amAnd don’t forget that prez islama will say that the passegers actedly stupidly!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:51amBLANCO, agreed. Also, meant ‘accompany him on a flight to TX’ (no cup of coffee).
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:00am.
I’m surprised he was able to walk off the plane…….
Should have dropped down a little opened the door and let him out…….
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:24amShould have drop kicked this Saudi Arabian’s *zz right out the door!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:59amAgain, I say when they conduct themselves in such a violent, unruly manner, just show them the door.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:59amI do not fly anymore because of the Government pedophile Gestapo. If I did, I would have loved to have this young man sit next to me. He might have caught a glimpse of Allah…
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 2:19pmThat is why I told my wife I can not fly.If some guy got nutty on the plane and risked her life,He would not leave that plane alive.He would not need to be subdued.I would.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 6:56amThese idiots will make any excuse for this punk. We’ve lost it….
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on February 23, 2012 at 7:10amAJAYW, Yes they will. I do not have any disire to fly any more. You can bet they will monitor us more closely than they will him.
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