Southwest Airlines Flight 1763
Air rage incident on an American domestic passenger flight (August 2000) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 was 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 Las Vegas resident, stormed the cockpit door of the Boeing 737 while in flight, in an apparent case of air rage. The 19-year-old was subdued by six to eight other passengers with such force that he died of asphyxiation.[4] The death was initially believed to have been a heart attack.
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Incident | |
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Date | 11 August 2000 |
Summary | Air rage |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-7H4 |
Operator | Southwest Airlines |
Registration | N798SW[1] |
Flight origin | Las Vegas, Nevada |
Destination | Salt Lake City, Utah |
Occupants | 126 |
Passengers | 121[2] |
Crew | 5[2] |
Fatalities | 1 (Jonathan Burton) |
Injuries | 1 (minor)[3] |
Survivors | 125 |
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