Muslims...Alija Kucuk..Punching out flight attendants and threatening to blow up the plane is terrorism.

There has been scant coverage of this incident. No big media, no mug shots, nothing. But it’s a big story. Punching out flight attendants and threatening to blow up the plane is terrorism.

You have to really comb the news to find out what is really happening in the USA... Obama and Jarvett has gagged and censored the news and your right to know.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A Queens man has been charged after he allegedly punched a flight attendant and threatened to blow up the plane during a flight from New York City to South Florida.

A passenger on a flight from New York City to South Florida was arrested Thursday night after investigators say he sprinted down the aisle of the plane, punched a flight attendant in the face and threatened to blow up the plane.

Alija Kucuk, 29, of Middle Village in Queens, N.Y., is facing federal charges of interfering with a flight attendant and threatening to destroy an aircraft. He is jailed in Palm Beach County pending a bond hearing Monday in federal court in West Palm Beach.

Kucuk was aboard JetBlue Airways Flight 153 from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport on Thursday night, investigators said.

Around 8 p.m., just after the flight leveled off after its ascent, FBI agents said a male flight attendant was preparing food and drinks in the rear of the plane.

The attendant, Whitney Rolle, was also monitoring the aisle as he worked, authorities said.

“Rolle observed Alija Kucuk run down the single aisle of the aircraft and push two flight attendants on his way to Whitney Rolle,” FBI Special Agent Robert McGuire wrote in his report.
The attendant tried to get Kucuk to calm down by asking what was the matter with him but Kucuk pushed him into a door and “punched” the victim in the face, witnesses told the agent.

“The altercation that transpired between Alija Kucuk and Whitney Rolle included verbal epithets and racial slurs by Alija Kucuk. During this time, Alija Kucuk also yelled … he ‘would blow up the plane,’” agents wrote.

The flight attendant was able to he flight attendant was able to restrain Kucuk and he was detained for the rest of the flight. He was arrested when the flight landed in South Florida.

Court records offer no information about a possible motive and FBI officials declined to comment on the case.

Attempts to contact possible relatives of Kucuk for comment were unsuccessful. One man hung up the phone when asked if he was a family member and voicemail messages left with other possible relatives were not returned late Friday.

The Federal Public Defender’s Office was appointed to represent Kucuk during a brief court appearance Friday but office policy prohibits lawyers from commenting on cases.

 

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Alija Kucuk: Man charged with punching flight attendant on flight from JFK to PBIA

Posted: Oct 20, 2015 9:05 AM EDT

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A man accused of punching a flight attendant and threatening to blow up a flight from New York City to West Palm Beach has been released on bond.

Local news media report that 29-year-old Alija Kucuk was released Monday on $50,000 bail and must wear a GPS ankle monitor.

Kucuk was on a JetBlue flight Thursday from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport.

Witnesses say Kucuk run down the aisle, pushed two flight attendants and punched a third. The witnesses say Kucuk also threatened to blow up the plane.

Kucuk, of Queens, New York, was charged with interfering with a flight attendant and threatening to destroy an aircraft. Arraignment is planned Oct. 30.

A telephone message left by The Associated Press with the Federal Public Defender wasn't immediately returned.

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New Yorker pleads guilty to disrupting Jet Blue flight on way to PBIA

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 4:19 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015 | Filed in: News

WEST PALM BEACH — A 29-year-old New York City man who punched a flight attendant on a Jet Blue flight to Palm Beach International Airport pleaded guilty Wednesday to interference with a flight attendant.

Wearing a navy blue polo shirt and jeans, Alija Kucuk admitted in U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach that he shoved two flight attendants, then punched another one shortly after the Jet Blue flight took off from John F. Kennedy International Airport on Oct. 15. While he was initially also charged with threatening to destroy an aircraft, a federal grand jury declined to indict him on that charge.

Kucuk, who has been living with cousins who own a used car dealership in Fort Lauderdale, faces a maximum 20-year prison term and possible $250,000 fine when he is sentenced Feb. 12. U.S. District Judge Kenneth Ryskamp allowed him to remain free on $50,000 bond. He and his attorney declined comment after the brief hearing.

The flight attendants were beginning food and beverage service when Kucuk ran down the aisle of the aircraft, according to a report by an FBI agent. After pushing two flight attendants out of his way, Kucuk punched a male flight attendant who was trying to calm him down.

As the two tussled, Kucuk hurled racial slurs at the flight attendant and threatened to “blow up the plane,” the agent wrote. Kucuk was eventually restrained and the flight continued to PBIA without further interruptions.

Prosecutors initially recommended a $20,000 bond but increased the amount after they discovered Kucuk had failed to appear in court in New York on minor drug charges and traffic violations.