Media reports on United passenger shouting 'Jihad! Jihad!'; Gets called Islamophobic

Well, this would be a rather scary thing to have happen on a flight:

A plane's been forced to return to Washington DC after a passenger yelled: "Jihad! Jihad!" http://t.co/ZPznmLdbnJ pic.twitter.com/ObySuYgt0Q

— Sky News (@SkyNews) March 17, 2015

Passengers tackle & subdue guy trying to enter cockpit of United jet; flight returns to Dulles http://t.co/unkQpI7CR0 pic.twitter.com/KrQfssychj

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) March 17, 2015

Passengers pummeled and subdued a man yelling “Jihad! Jihad!” on a @United Airlines flight to Denver. (VIDEO) http://t.co/G6mOsNx06e

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) March 17, 2015

From CNN:

A United Airlines flight made a U-turn in the sky after a passenger ran toward the cockpit screaming “jihad, jihad,” according to a government official with direct knowledge of the incident.

And…

A cell phone video shows the man, bruised on his face, held down by other passengers.

At one point, he pleads, “Please stop, please stop, they said call it off.” At another, the man seems to cry as he says, “I’m so sorry.”

“Don’t move,” one passenger said, apparently trying to calm the man. “You’re OK. We’re going to get you off this plane, buddy.”

“Buddy”?

Here’s the video of the incident that was posted to YouTube:

But don’t worry. It looks like it was just a nut, not a terrorist:

Source: Unruly passenger who caused flight to turn around screamed "jihad"; background doesn't suggest terror link. http://t.co/nopnExBbDj

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) March 17, 2015

We await a public confirmation, however.

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But some see the reporting of this story as “propaganda” or anti-Islam:

https://twitter.com/HighlandWarrier/status/577789610224316416

@SkyNews poor man due to his accent was probable saying "tired! Tired! "

— JA_Brit (@KapishUK) March 17, 2015

@SkyNews Always putting Islam through every single bad thing that is happening in the US, Even if he is white native gay???

— إبراهيم العيسى (@ibrahimaleisa0) March 17, 2015

@SkyNews you having a laugh, just coz the chap shouted a dumb word, joke

— Jack Cade1381 Esq (@JackCade1381) March 17, 2015

Some “joke.” More:

@LinusRexmar1 which affects people's thinking about us, all we asking for from everyone is to believe that terrorism has no religion.

— إبراهيم العيسى (@ibrahimaleisa0) March 17, 2015

https://twitter.com/braeden_j/status/577814301441794049

If “jihad” isn’t “synonymous” with “terrorist,” can we at least agree that rushing the cockpit is what a terrorist might do? Sheesh!

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