‘Erratic’ Yemeni disrupts US flight

A YEMENI man who disrupted a San Francisco-bound flight was portrayed by US prosecutors as a dangerous and erratic passenger who tried to barge into the cockpit twice, did not carry any luggage and yelled “God is great” in Arabic.

Assistant US attorney Elise Becker said Rageh Al-Murisi, 28, was carrying several valid and expired forms of identification from New York and California, $47 and two post-dated cheques totalling $13,000 in his wallet.

One cheque was made out to himself, she said, but she did not specify where the other was from.