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Old 20th Aug 2003, 07:40
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Lufthansa Captain requests pax intervention...?

On local (Los Angeles) news last evening was a tale of something that apparently happened last week -- no explanation for the late reporting. Apparently a Lufthansa captain en route LAX got on the p.a. to ask passengers for help because there was a "madman" trying to break into the cockpit.

According to an interview with a female passenger, who said it was very frightening because it initially appeared to be a hijacking scenario, a number of male passengers rushed up the aisles and tackled and restrained the man, who was turned over to the authorities when they landed LAX. He was a New Zealander, and gave a few different explanations of what he'd been trying to do, each crazier than the others.

I was surprised not to have seen this posted on pprune. Any Lufthansa people out there who know about this?
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