Pursuits
JetBlue Pilot Subdued After Attendant Mouthed ‘Help Me’
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Skill and luck converged in the cockpit and cabin of a JetBlue Airways Corp. plane to bring it safely to earth from more than 6 miles above the U.S. heartland.
The danger from a captain’s erratic behavior on Flight 191 at 34,000 feet (10,400 meters) was defused by the combination of an assertive co-pilot and the presence of an off-duty pilot on board along with a quartet of ready-for-action security-industry professionals en route to a Las Vegas conference.