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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Patrick Hill & Michelle Cullen

Dad hailed a hero after restraining woman who stripped and tried to storm cockpit - twice

A dad of three has been hailed a hero after he heroically restrained a passenger after she stripped to her underwear and tried to storm a plane cockpit twice, shouting "Allahu Akbar".

Phillip O'Brien, 35, got the woman in a hold and helped crew members secure her in a chair on the Jet2 flight from Cyprus to Manchester.

She had alleged explosives were on board and asked the children she was with if they were "ready to die".

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