poisoned on the flight. he asked the crew on united flight 116 to divert to canada. he was ranting about the cia, the fbi and leaker edward snowden, but they say he didn t threaten anyone, only begged for help. he never threatened anyone, individual on the plane. he didn t threaten to blow up the plane, he didn t threaten to divert the plane. he was just saying that he had information relating to ed snowden, and he was being taken back to some safehouse someplace never to be seen again. reporter: well, he got so hysterical that passengers and crew had to subdue him and put plastic handcuffs on his hands and feet for the remaining six hours. after landing at 1:40 p.m., the man was transported to newark s university hospital. jon: not something you want to have happen at 35,000 feet. patti ann brown, thanks. jenna: well, the hearing is still going on on capitol hill. we re watching this, continuing to have full coverage at foxnews.com. we ll be right back with more.
shh. wearing it underneath your suit right now. bust it right out for you. all right. let s begin this half-hour with the bizarre outburst that rattled passengers in a the middle of an international flight on the way ew a man on a jumbo jet became disruptive and d sc abot tiiand other passengers took action. here is abc s gio benitez. reporter: his face hidden under a blue hoody police escort the suspect to an ambulance on the newark tarmac hours after passengers on board say he started screaming on the last leg of the 15-hour united flight from hong kong to newark. saying he was fearing for his life. that he couldn t land in the u.s. that we needed todiv plane. reporter: the passenger, jacques orison took action as the passenger reached for roisen says a few guys jumped on him and threw him to the floor. he was afraid of being poisoned.
by skreerns. new orleans hornets executive joshua richardson said he mistakenly flew with it from new orleans to newark. just one day earlier in orlando, they missed another loaded gun. this time in a firefighter s carry-on bag. that gun made it onto the plane. scary, but surprising. i would say generally i am surprised they missed something like that. reporter: some in congress worry this has all become business as usual. unfortunately the reports i get, it s not just this one weapon. it s hundreds of items every day, but it can t be tolerated. reporter: it is more unwanted scrutiny for the agency on the heels of an investigation by abc s brian ross into possible theft by tsa agents, which tracked a missing ipad to the home of this officer. my wife says she got the ipad and brought it home. reporter: you know, that can t be true because the last time we saw it, it was in your hands. reporter: that officer was fired. as for the record on security,
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bill: this morning, we have new details about what happened on board four different planes, three of which belonged to jetblue, that left passengers strand on a tarmac for more than seven hours. a plane diverted from florida to newark forced to land at connecticut s bradley international, that s north of hartford, because of this freak winter storm, and it s not winter, it s fall! passengers say they had no food and no water and no working bathrooms and even the pilot expressed his dismay at his employer. we can t seem to get any help from our own company. i apologize for this, but is there any way you can get a tug and tow bar out here to us and get us towed somewhere to a gate or something? i don t care. take us anywhere. jetblue 504, roger, i will talk to operations and see what they can do. were you able to resolve the situation in the back or is that ongoing? we ve resolved it for now. we ve got the show of