Remember Saterday's story? "Cleveland airport suddenly very,very popular - Unruly passenger caused a flight from Chicago to Germany to be diverted to Cleveland:, well it turns out the 'unruly passenger' is an Arab: Saleh Alramakh of Akron


From Will at The Other News:
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The unruly passenger that caused a plane to have an emergency landing at Hopkins is expected to appear in municipal court Tuesday.The incident happened Friday on a United Flight from Chicago to Frankfort. 

The FBI has charged the man, identified as 21-year-old Saleh Alramakh of Akron, with seven counts of aggravated menacing -- which is a misdemeanor. So far, no Federal charges. He remains in jail.

On Friday, a flight attendant pushing the beverage cart says Alramakh started yelling and swearing. He also made several trips to the bathroom, and stayed inside for long periods of time. Flight attendants considered taping the bathroom door shut so he couldn't go back inside.In the end, passengers tied Alramakh up and taped his mouth with duct tape.

"Kind of just ran up to me and grabbed me, literally, by the shirt and said you need to come with me now," said passenger Joseph Shulfer.

"And I ran back there to see that there were basically three guys wrestling on top of the guy who I later learned had been inside the restroom for, like, 20, 30 minutes and he wouldn't come out. So we duct taped his mouth shut. He was able to get that off himself and almost choked by swallowing the duct tape. 

Hmmmm.........ATA's Castelveter said. "If any passenger is interfering with the duties of the flight crew member, it's a federal crime."Why were there federal charges laid?  Read and see (Video) the full story here.HT: BNI.