Passenger: Airline Was Warned About Disruptive Man At Gate

HONOLULU (AP) — Before a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu took off carrying a passenger whose inflight behavior prompted bomb-threat procedures and military fighter jets to escort the plane, passengers complained to American Airlines workers that the man was scaring them, a woman who was on the flight said Wednesday.
Anil Uskanli, 25, of Turkey, tried to get to the front of the plane during last week’s flight and crewmembers feared his laptop contained explosives, said a criminal