Passenger of Japan bound flight turns violent for not being allowed to do yoga in mid-air

The plane was an United Airlines flight from Honolulu International Airport to Narita International Airport but it had to return to Hawaii because of a violent passenger who wanted to do yoga instead of occupying his seat. The pilot of the March 26 flight was forced to turn the plane around after hearing the passenger yelling at crew members and shoving his wife - this is as per the FBI's criminal complaint.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 1 April 2016.

It seems the passenger told the FBI that he did not want to sit in his seat during the meal service and, therefore, went to the rear of the aircraft to do yoga and meditate. He lost his temper when his wife and flight attendants tried to coax him to return to his seat. He even pushed his wife away and head-butt and bite Marines who were passengers on the flight. They were trying to get him back to his seat.
Moreover, he threatened to kill passengers and yelled that there is no god. He urinated on himself and was put on suicide watch at the Honolulu Federal Detention Center. The US Magistrate has ordered that the man be released on US$25,000 bond, but with certain conditions including not leaving the island of Oahu and undergoing a mental health evaluation.


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Hacker claims to have hacked into the aircraft system in flight to make it fly sideways

#ChrisRoberts #FBI #securityexpert #hacker A well-known hacker has admitted to FBI that he had, at one time, hacked into the systems of an aircraft while on a flight and made the plane fly sideways. This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 18 May 2015.
If true, this would be a serious matter because there are several security checks on ground to prevent hijack or activities by terrorists to endanger the lives of passengers and crew and, if hackers can take over the control of an aircraft, there is no safety as such.

The individual who has made these claims is Chris Roberts. He has, apparently, told a special agent that he had repeatedly hacked planes' in-flight entertainment systems while aboard the aircraft. It seems in one instance he had overwritten the plane's Thrust Management Computer code. This allowed him to issue a climb command and make the plane serve sideways.
The FBI has subsequently, confiscated two of his laptops along with several hard drives and USB sticks. Chris Roberts is the founder of security firm One World Labs and his intentions probably were to make the security people more conscious about the reach of hackers.
He sent alarm bells ringing when he said might hack the onboard systems of the domestic United Airlines flight that he was traveling on. Of course, he was subsequently questioned for four hours in Syracuse, New York. His rime – he had jokingly told his 5,000 Twitter followers that he could hack the airplane's system and make its oxygen masks deploy.
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