The inspector, who is not based at IAD and was en route to another airport, did not have a Dulles identification badge, but did have and displayed his FAA credentials. PASS, in turn, is pressuring Administrator Garvey to act quickly to reduce whatever tensions exist between the FAA and local airport security personnel. A sweating, mumbling passenger aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 259 from Puerto Vallarta to San Francisco last week smashed his way into the cockpit. The captain yelled to passengers for help, and seven brave souls jumped Bradley and wrestled him to the floor of the cabin. Bradley, sporting a shiner under one eye, appeared in court Friday to face charges of felony assault.
Local police say drugs are suspected.
Controllers at Gardermoen Airport in Oslo, Norway, are investigating two near-collisions on the same runway moments apart. That would have been a horrible enough tragedy, but another plane, an MD-81 carrying 130 passengers and crew, was reportedly allowed to take off on the same runway as the first incident was playing out. All the near misses are being blamed on an inexperienced controller. Three people are thanking the fates after surviving a midair collision over Toronto. CFI Mariusz Beldycki told reporters he suddenly saw another plane come from behind, heard a cracking sound and felt a bump, but thought both were caused by turbulence generated by a close call.