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NYPD: Off-Duty Cop Subdues Intoxicated Passenger On JetBlue Flight

November 27, 2011 11:59 PM
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NEW YORK (AP) — An off-duty New York City police officer subdued and handcuffed an intoxicated passenger who attacked a flight attendant during a scuffle on board a JetBlue plane.

The NYPD says Anibal Mercado intervened after 22-year-old Antonio Ynoa of Brooklyn punched a flight attendant in the face early Sunday on JetBlue Flight 832 from the Dominican Republic to John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Authorities say the assault happened after the attendant told Ynoa to stop drinking duty-free alcohol.

Mercado, a patrol cop in the Bronx, told reporters that he wrestled Ynoa to the ground and restrained him with plastic handcuffs kept on board. JetBlue says the aircraft landed safely.

The FBI says Ynoa will be arraigned Monday in federal court in Brooklyn on charges of assault and interference with a flight crew.

Sound off in our comments section below…

(Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

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  • Meme Meyagi

    what is done about 7 million mooslime terrorists living in usa?

  • truuuuuth

    if u read the entire article in the paper, ynoa’s sister says hes a ” good kid”. always slang for a hoodlum

  • Banned From Flights

    What do the airlines do with people like this? Do they black-list them from buying airline tickets in the future? Is he ever allowed on a plane again? Otherwise he can buy a ticket again tomorrow and do the same thing, right?

  • Surfin Bird

    was the police man legally allowed to etain this man. If not charges must be dropped and Mr. Ynoa must sue.

    • ed

      You are not legally allowed to assault anyone anywhere. Sooo…yea.

      • Tom

        Any passenger can get up and detain a criminal on board a flight

  • Memphis Bill

    Where were the air marshalls??

  • Glenn Erdmann

    Great job Anibal.

  • LOL

    LMFAO

    • DanTe

      Can’t quite LYFAO when the poliTICally correct liars in the news keeps deleting posts. Here’s a repost, again and again. Censorship doesn’t work here in America.

      “i thought deSPICable monkeys had to be locked in a cage and placed in cargo when traveling. Much like any other animals. They’re not supposed to be seated next to humans.”

  • BAN ALL ACOHOL ON PLANES AND TERMINALS

    ALL AIRLINES EVERYWHERE SHOULD BAN ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AT ALL TIMES ON ANY PLAN OR PLANE TERMINAL PERIOD…

    • Larry Schwarz

      This is an isolated incident and this officed did a wonderful job.But the curent policy of not boarding intoxicated passengers,or refusing to serve them when they have had enough suffices.Many nervous fliers say a drinkin the air relaxes them,and at seven bucks a drink in coach the airline makes a decent profit.They will not stop.

  • intoxicated?

    they should have thrown him out of the plane…who needs low lives like this in the air?

  • Aryamo

    An article about a cop doing his job with honor… yay!

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