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Intoxicated Passenger Attempts Exit at 20,000+ feet


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Contact photographer Manas Barooah

What: United Airlines Airbus A320-200 en route from Washington DC to Las Vegas
Where: Denver
When: Jan 23rd 2010
Who: 129 passengers and 5 crew
Why: Things were humming along normally on the flight when 24 miles from Denver, a passenger–who had taken medication and alcohol–was apparently disoriented and attempted to open the door. Other passengers subdued him; and the pilot made a stop in Denver to hand the passenger over to authorities (where the man will be going mental evaluation, and who knows what else, with attention from the FBI and police.)

(And hopefully AA or The Betty Ford Clinic.)

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