BOSTON — An attack on a flight attendant last week — the latest in a long list of unruly passenger incidents — shows the continued need for a secondary cockpit barrier on all commercial aircraft, according to a former federal special agent.
The chaotic incident on the United flight from Los Angeles to Boston Logan International Airport also sent terrorists a clear message that “Americans are not going to lie down and take it,” said retired Federal Aviation Administration special agent Brian Sullivan.
The 77-year-old Massachusetts man spoke to the Boston Herald in the wake of the incident. Leominster man Francisco Torres, 33, was arrested after allegedly trying to open an emergency exit door and then trying to stab a flight attendant in the neck. Passengers, including a former Boston bouncer, ended up tackling Torres and restraining him.
