An Alaska teen who wanted to put an end to his life nearly killed five other people riding a small plane with him on July 7.
The survivors told reporters they “thought we were going to die” when 18-year-old Jaden Lake-Kameroff took control of the small commercial plane.
“Other passengers I’d say restrained the unruly passenger, but he wasn’t necessarily trying to do anything at that point,” Lee Ryan, The flight company president said.
The teen had minutes earlier asked the pilot to sit in the unoccupied seat next to him and be thought about flying but the pilot refused.
Ryan described the pilot's reaction to the suicidal teen’s action as “very professional” being able to retake control of the nose-diving jet.
“We have different types of training and security training and different procedures, and he said he just moved him back in and landed without further incident, got on the radio, and let our company know what was going on.”