Bond Set At $1 Million For Passenger Who Disrupted Flight

July 12, 2011 2:42 PM

Saleh Ali Alramakh, 21, appeared in a Cleveland courthouse on July 12, 2011, to plead not guilty to seven counts of aggravated menacing after allegedly disrupting a Chicago-to-Germany flight, forcing an emergency landing in Cleveland on July 8, 2011. (Credit: CBS)

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CHICAGO (CBS) — Bond was set at $1 million on Tuesday for a United Airlines passenger who authorities say caused a disturbance on Chicago-to-Germany flight last week.

The flight wound up making an emergency stop in Cleveland. As CBS 2′s Roseanne Tellez reports, Saleh Ali Alramakh, 21, appeared in a Cleveland courtroom on Tuesday, where he pleaded not guilty to seven counts of aggravated menacing.

Alramakh, who’s from Akron, is also facing a federal charge of interfering with a flight crew. Bond for that charge was set at $25,000 on Tuesday.

United Airlines Flight 944 made an unscheduled stop at Hopkins’ International Airport in Cleveland Friday.

Fellow passengers — who returned to O’Hare International Airport and flew out the next day — said flight attendants couldn’t get Alramakh out of the bathroom and off his phone.

The situation escalated from there.

Bond Set At $1 Million For Passenger Who Disrupted Flight

Passengers on a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Germany used duct tape to help subdue a fellow passenger, Saleh Ali Alramakh, who was disrupting the flight, forcing an emergency landing in Cleveland on July 8, 2011. (Photo provided by United passenger)

“There was a lot of commotion, flight attendants running up the aisles and back, grabbing him, grabbing myself, asking for help,” said passenger Adam Galbreath.

“He pushed one of the flight attendants and a very large man came up from behind him , got him in a choke hold – got him to the ground,” said another passenger, Ron Anfuso.

Passengers snapped photos of Alramakh, restrained and lying in the aisle with duct tape over his mouth, to keep him from screaming and spitting. The FBI boarded the flight and led him off in handcuffs. Alramakh is a native of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

genrole argew

dumb phking hindi! Permanently deport him back to pakistan!
Karol

genrole, the only dumb one here is you. Hindus are from India, not Pakistan…

jeffrey

You missed the point.

GM

indian or pakistani, deport him.

Average Guy

The government should revoke your U.S. citizenship and deport you.

GM

Explain yourself because you don’t sound like an Average American.

Po Cho

Uhhhhhhhh, Saudi Arabia is on another corner.
Its where most of the the 9/11 WTC crew came from.
Mooslums, not Hindu

Mr. Justice

He should be deported.
NIZZER

Shoot the camel jockey.
Christopher Riddle

Why didn’t they act like this on 9/11?I would have!!

Bertie

Passengers were always taught to stay calm during a “hijacking.” Only flight 93 knew what was actually happening (due to the illegal use of cell phones, btw). As all know, they went down fighting.

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canuck

He needed the cure for spitting…someone needed to stamp on his face every time he tried to spit on someone. If he drowned by aspirating his own blood so be it. Broken fingers will also keep him from inappropriately dialing his cell phone.
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