Air steward tackles Yemeni passenger battering on cockpit, shouting 'Allahu Akbar'

Scary moment: The suspect was yelling unintelligibly as the American Airlines flight from Chicago was ten minutes out of San Francisco, police said

US - Crew members and passengers wrestled a 28-year-old man to the cabin floor after he began pounding on the cockpit of a plane approaching San Francisco. The man was yelling as he brushed past a flight attendant about 10 minutes before American Airlines Flight 1561 from Chicago was due to land on Sunday night, police said. Rageit Almurisi, 28, carried a Yemen passport but his nationality is not clear, a spokesman said. The man has no clear or known ties to terrorism and authorities have still not yet established a motive, San Francisco police Sergeant Michael Rodriguez told the San Francisco Chronicle. Passengers told of how Almurisi was heard to shout 'Allahu Akbar' - or 'God is great'. Passenger Angelina Marty said: 'I kept saying to myself, "What's he doing? Does he have a bomb? Is he armed?".' Ms Marty, 35, said she and other passengers were stunned when Almurisi walking down the aisle. She said a woman in a row across from her who speaks Arabic translated that Almurisi said 'God is Great' in Arabic. Full Story>>