{"id":41346,"date":"2020-12-13T15:07:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T19:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=41346"},"modified":"2020-12-13T15:07:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T19:07:49","slug":"what-was-really-going-on-in-nevada-that-a-supposedly-mentally-ill-man-climbed-on-the-wing-of-a-commercial-jet-at-the-vegas-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=41346","title":{"rendered":"What was really going on in Nevada that a supposedly mentally ill man climbed on the wing of a commercial jet at the Vegas airport?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>MENTALLY ILL MAN CLIMBS ON WING OF COMMERCIAL JET AT VEGAS AIRPORT<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>A bizarre moment unfolded Saturday afternoon when a man climbed onto the wing of a commercial passenger plane at McCarran International Airport, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiro7.com\/news\/trending\/man-arrested-after-climbing-wing-plane-las-vegas-airport\/4UM7E7YPHBFLLHXEFM2Q6ILXSI\/\">KIRO7<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alaska Airlines Flight 1367 was set to take off from Las Vegas to Portland, Oregon, when passengers noticed a man around 1:32 p.m. local time on the aircraft&#8217;s wing.<\/p>\n<p>Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Ken Nogle said the man jumped a perimeter fence of the airport and climbed onto the aircraft&#8217;s wing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1337910717006004224&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Fmentally-ill-man-climbs-wing-commercial-jet-vegas-airport&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1337910717006004224\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_align__N0_fw Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Impairment or mental illness is suspected,&#8221; Nogle said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/man%20on%20wing.jpg?itok=g5J8CysY\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/man%20on%20wing.jpg?itok=g5J8CysY\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/man%20on%20wing.jpg?itok=zakX_xpi 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/man%20on%20wing.jpg?itok=zakX_xpi 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/man%20on%20wing.jpg?itok=zakX_xpi 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/man%20on%20wing.jpg?itok=zakX_xpi 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/man%20on%20wing.jpg?itok=zakX_xpi 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/man%20on%20wing.jpg?itok=g5J8CysY 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/man%20on%20wing.jpg?itok=g5J8CysY\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"29ad8f88-d182-4e10-87db-5908c21d8d77\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alaska Airlines released a statement about the incident:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Around 2 p.m. PST, Alaska Airlines flight 1367 from Las Vegas to Portland was preparing for takeoff when the pilot noticed an individual advancing towards the aircraft,&#8221; Alaska Airlines said. &#8220;The pilots notified the tower. Law enforcement was dispatched and able to apprehend the individual. Our guests and employees are safe and we are working with law enforcement. The plane has returned to the gate for a full inspection.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If a man with suspected mental illness was\u00a0unlawfully able to enter the airport &#8211; then how easy could it be for terrorists?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe\u00a0McCarran International Airport officials should upgrade security around the facility.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/mentally-ill-man-climbs-wing-commercial-jet-vegas-airport\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/mentally-ill-man-climbs-wing-commercial-jet-vegas-airport<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MENTALLY ILL MAN CLIMBS ON WING OF COMMERCIAL JET AT VEGAS AIRPORT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41346\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}