Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 is a scheduled passenger flight, operated by Southwest Airlines, from McCarran International Airport, in Paradise, Nevada, to Salt Lake City International Airport, in Salt Lake City, Utah. On August 11, 2000, Jonathan Burton, a resident of Las Vegas, stormed the door of the Boeing 737 cockpit that operated the plane, in case of air rage. The 19-year-old was subdued by six to eight other passengers with such power that he died of shortness of breath. Death was originally believed to have been a heart attack.
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Incident
There are conflicting reports about Burton's outrage and what happened on the plane. CBS News reported the conclusion of the US Attorney's office that criminal charges would not be filed because the death was not intended. Time contains an article by Timothy Roche entitled "Murder in the Sky" where they describe a commotion that rose after Burton was initially conquered. According to the article, eight people who pinned Burton up after Burton wounded an officer who was not on duty in his fight and removed the people who held him. Time reported that fellow passenger Dean Harvey said that one of the people involved kept jumping on Burton's chest even after he was told that Burton was under siege.
In the case of air rage, Burton accused the cockpit door, kicked it open and tilted his head. Eight passengers held him, some held him with their feet around his neck, causing him to suffocate.
The medical examiner's autopsy report stated that when the police arrived, "Mr. Burton was lying face down with at least one person standing at his neck."
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In popular culture
Four months later, an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation showed a plot aligning Burton's death, "Unfriendly Skies", in which five foreigners boarded the plane and killed a man after believing him to try to take over. down the plane; the episode was broadcast on December 8, 2000. A year later, playwright Lucas Rockwood turned the incident into a drama, Fifty Minutes , which took place weeks before the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Episode Mile High "Series 2 Episode 7" (first played on April 4, 2004) also featured a plot that repeats Burton's death. In the episode, a young man from an Arab appearance was treated with suspicion by other passengers, panic, and attempts to reach the cockpit. Another passenger bowed him and strangled him to death in the process.
American Honduras comedian Carlos Mencia cites Flight 1763 case in his special No Strings Attached, comparing with the attempted bombing of American Airlines Flight 63. In a bit, he mentions how Richard Reid, a terrorist who tried to blow up a plane, was under control but alive, but how the "ghetto" people in the southwest hit and killed a man in a case of air rage a year before the September 11 attacks.
See also
- 2000 in flight
- List of accidents and incidents involving airlines in the United States
- List of incidents of air rage
References
External links
- Frightened Flying
- Smoking Gun: Salt Lake City Police Report
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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