A deranged man said he was “told” to steal an Alaskan Airlines aircraft.
And he almost got away with it.
Justin Reed Seymour, 34, was arrested after he managed to evade capture and intrude through the TSA checkpoint at Missoula International Airport (Montana) Oct. 22, a spokesperson for Missoula International Airport told Fox News.
Local affiliate KGVO reported that TSA officers were heard yelling, “Stop him!” and “breach, breach, breach!” as Seymour eyed a newly landed Alaska Airlines Flight 697, a Boeing 737 aircraft.
Seymour reportedly then charged down the jet bridge with an airline employee attempting to intervene.
According to court documents obtained by KGVO, Seymour then pushed the employee to the ground and continued to the plane.
Seymour then allegedly stormed onto the plane and, in the process, assaulted two flight attendants who tried to stop him.
KGVO reported that one of the flight attendants was shoved into the cockpit door, while the other airline employee’s fingers were crushed when that employee attempted to rotate the deadbolt on the cockpit door to secure it.
Law enforcement eventually caught up with the Seymour.
Authorities said he was saying he had to get to Estonia, the local outlet reported.
He later told police “bad people” had told him to take the aircraft.
Seymour later told officers, “All I had to do was fly the plane, but I didn’t. … I thought I was going to be able to.”
Seymour was charged with felony robbery and felony aggravated burglary.
He is being held at the Missoula County Detention Facility on $500,000 bond.