A man was able to avoid TSA when trying to enter the cabin of an Alaska Airlines plane, injuring three people in the process.
Justin Seymour, 34, was arrested on October 22 after attempting to board Flight 697 on the runway at the Missoula Montana airport, alleging that “bad people” told him to fly the plane to Seattle, Washington and then to Estonia. KGVO Reports.
Authorities say Seymour breached the TSA security line, prompting agents to yell “Stop him!” and ‘violation, violation, violation!’
He then ran to gate A1, where Alaska Airlines Flight 697 had just taxied and was disembarking.
A brave Horizon Air employee tried to stop him as he approached the plane, but Seymour allegedly pushed her to the ground, causing her to tighten the tendon muscles connected to her collarbone, according to charging documents.
Justin Seymour, 34, was arrested on October 22 after bypassing a TSA security checkpoint in his attempt to enter the cabin of an Alaska Airlines plane.
He told officers that “bad people” told him to fly the plane to Seattle, Washington, and then to Estonia.
With no other employees in his way, Seymour was supposedly able to board the Alaska Airlines plane.
But when a flight attendant saw Seymour entering the plane, she tried to block him from entering the flight deck.
However, Seymour simply pushed her against the cabin door and attempted to enter, according to court documents.
At that point, another flight attendant attempted to temporarily distract Seymour to look away while she attempted to turn the door lock to prevent him from entering.
Seeing this, Seymour allegedly crushed the attendant’s hand and fingers between the cabin door and the door frame.
Law enforcement was finally able to catch up with him shortly after, at which point he allegedly began yelling that he needed to travel to Estonia.
Police then arrested him and took him off the plane.
Seymour later allegedly admitted that he “ran through” security at the Missoula Montana airport.
Under questioning, court documents say, Seymour told officers that “all I had to do was fly the plane, but I didn’t… I thought I was going to be able to do it.”
He allegedly explained that “bad people” ordered him to fly the plane to Seattle and then to Estonia.
When Seymour was later asked if he knew he had missed the security checkpoint, he responded that “he ran though,” KGVO reports.
Then, when asked if he knew how to operate the plane, Seymour allegedly said, “It seems pretty easy to learn.”
He was then detained at the Missoula County Detention Center, where he is being held on $500,000 bail.
He faces charges of felony aggravated burglary and felony robbery.