"Comfort cat" causes flight diversion and threats

[ksun]

metro.co.uk/2015/08/31/woman-brings-cat-on-to-plane-punches-cabin-crew-and-threatens-to-bring-the-flight-down-5369368/

If it were my cat, it wouldn't be me throwing punches, it would be the cat fighting to get the hell off the plane. 


A flight had to be escorted to an airport by fighter jets after a passenger allegedly threw a tantrum over the treatment of her cat recently

The trouble started when it transpired a woman on a Condor Airline flight from Las Vegas to Frankfurt last week had brought her cat onto the plane in her purse, according to other passengers.

Upon discovering this the cabin crew took the cat off the woman and put it in a lavatory, at which point the woman allegedly flew into a rage and punched one of the female flight staff.

The situation escalated when the woman allegedly claimed to ‘bring this plane down’, prompting an emergency landing in Denver and an escort by fighter jets.


ABC News quoted a passenger who claimed the woman said ‘she was part of the mafia and that the mafia follows her around the world and that she was able to bring the plane down if that needed to be the case if she couldn’t see her cat’.

The woman was removed from the flight after it safely landed, however the FBI has said she will not face charges.

The flight was rescheduled and finally made it to Frankfurt on Saturday.





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[pixy0stix]

She smuggled a cat on, PUNCHED a flight attendant, and then verbally threatened the plane... and she wasn't charged.

[miniroller]

Sept 1, 2015 15:07:05 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

The woman was removed from the flight after it safely landed, however the FBI has said she will not face charges.

Really? She punched a flight attendant, her behavior resulted in the flight being escorted by fighter jets, she verbalized a threat to "bring the plane down"...but no charges?

RIGHT?!? Perhaps she was legit about those mafia connections.

[ttt]

The woman is a "model" and is now in immigration's custody:

denver.cbslocal.com/2015/08/31/international-model-remains-in-custody-after-taking-comfort-cat-aboard-flight/

ETA: also she is crazy 

 

[Deleted]

How do you smuggle a cat in a purse? My guys are 12 lbs and 19 lbs. Did she have a plan for the cat on the 13 hour flight? I have so many questions and I want a picture of the cat.

[meshaliuknits]

Sept 1, 2015 15:14:05 GMT -5 Dig Ophelia said:

Poor cat. That's all I got out of this.

I had opinions but then I got to Captain Kitty in ksun's sig and I lost my train of thought.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

OMG. I would be pretty pissed if they threw my cat in a lavatory.... but I wouldn't have fucking smuggled my cat onto a plane in the first place.

P.S. What is airport security's role here? Shouldn't someone have asked questions several steps back?

[cville]

She needs a new comfort cat. Her current comfort cat is doing a shitty job keeping her calm.

[pixy0stix]

I'm wondering if there weren't charges filed because they want to deport her quickly.

[MixedBerryJam]

Sept 1, 2015 15:38:56 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

You have cat to be kitten me.

Blah blah catastrophe blah blah.

[mysterons]

It wasn't me.

[ttt]

Sept 1, 2015 15:34:21 GMT -5 ChillyMcFreeze said:

OMG. I would be pretty pissed if they threw my cat in a lavatory.... but I wouldn't have fucking smuggled my cat onto a plane in the first place.

P.S. What is airport security's role here? Shouldn't someone have asked questions several steps back?

Right?? Nobody noticed the cat going through the x-ray machine??? 

That said, TSA has nothing at all to do with airline policies. They don't really give a crap what you're carrying on board as long as it's not weapons, explosives, or terrorist shampoo. 

[ttt]

Sept 1, 2015 15:35:43 GMT -5 cville said:

She needs a new comfort cat. Her current comfort cat is doing a shitty job keeping her calm.

[meshaliuknits]

Sept 1, 2015 15:48:43 GMT -5 MixedBerryJam said:

Sept 1, 2015 15:38:56 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

You have cat to be kitten me.

Blah blah catastrophe blah blah.

pescalita

[elleblue]

Sept 1, 2015 15:07:05 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

The woman was removed from the flight after it safely landed, however the FBI has said she will not face charges.

Really? She punched a flight attendant, her behavior resulted in the flight being escorted by fighter jets, she verbalized a threat to "bring the plane down"...but no charges?

She must be white. 

[meshaliuknits]

Sept 1, 2015 15:35:43 GMT -5 cville said:

She needs a new comfort cat. Her current comfort cat is doing a shitty job keeping her calm.

He's been trying to get out of that job for years.

[elleblue]

Sept 1, 2015 16:20:59 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

Sept 1, 2015 16:07:29 GMT -5 elleblue said:

She must be white. 

lol to be fair, she's clearly nuts, and remains in custody of the immigration dept. So she's not exactly walking free.  

If they can deport her they will; saves everyone a lot of trouble here. 

Yeah. A quick deportation is probably easiest. I didn't realize she was from the Czech Republic until I read further. Still, it probably didn't hurt that she's white and a model (beautiful). She probably would have been treated differently were it not for those two things, obvious mental issues notwithstanding. 

[josieposy]

I wonder what was the first giveaway that a cat was in the purse?

[ksun]

I've never brought a pet on a plane (my cats, including Captain Catmerica, would either kill themselves or me if I did) but do you have to show proof of boarding for the pets when you go through security? Maybe she stuffed the cat in the purse at check in, took him out for scanning (I could go with the smuggling him in in between her legs, but, yeah) and stuffed him ack in the purse at boarding?

[blink]

Although Agent Kitty failed in his overall mission to acquire the layout and technical specifications of the flight and meet up with Agent Katzechen in Frankfurt, he successfully manipulated the human to divert attention from him and thus the cats' ultimate plans for world domination are still safe.

[sangria]

A cat is one of the least comforting animals I can think of. lol