Man Faces Charges After "Gilligan's Island" Note to Flight Crew Turns Plane Around - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Zoneboy · 01-18-2010, 03:45 PM

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CNN is reporting that a man who wrote a strange note that mentioned "Gilligan's Island" and handed it to a flight attendant while enroute to Hawaii was the reason the flight was turned around and returned to Portland, Oregon.

Joseph Hedlund Johnson, of Salem, Oregon, has been charged with the crime of interference with the performance and duties of a crew member. He is expected to surrender to authorities on Monday. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 US fine.

Authorities report that while Johnson and his girlfriend were on a Hawaiian Airlines flight to Maui, the 56-year-old man became upset when he was not permitted to store his bag under his seat, which was in an exit row.

About 45 minutes into the flight, Johnson gave a comment card in a sealed envelope to a flight attendant who opened it, read it and gave it to the lead flight attendant, who then gave it to the captain.

CNN reports that the note read: "I thought I was going to die, we were so high up. I thought to myself: I hope we don't crash and burn or worse yet landing in the ocean, living through it, only to be eaten by sharks, or worse yet, end up on some place like Gilligan's Island, stranded, or worse yet, be eaten by a tribe of headhunters, speaking of headhunters, why do they just eat outsiders, and not the family members? Strange ... and what if the plane ripped apart in mid-flight and we plumited (sic) to earth, landed on Gilligan's Island and then lived through it, and the only woman there was Mrs. Thurston Howell III? No Mary Anne (my favorite) no Ginger, just Lovey! If it were just her, I think I'd opt for the sharks, maybe the headhunters."

After the flight returned to Oregon, Johnson and his girlfriend were met by FBI officials for questioning.

Investigators searched the plane, which was refuelled and took off for Hawaii -- minus Johnson and his girlfriend.

catlover79 · 01-18-2010, 05:26 PM

Bizarre.

gilligan fanatic · 01-19-2010, 07:53 PM

that is pretty odd

catlover79 · 01-19-2010, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

that is pretty odd

To say the least!!

01-18-2010, 03:45 PM	#1
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