Hero passenger 'jumped' into action to save plane

A passenger hailed as a hero after tackling the airliner terror suspect said tonight: “I didn’t hesitate. I just jumped.”

Hero passenger 'jumped' into action to save plane

A passenger hailed as a hero after tackling the airliner terror suspect said tonight: “I didn’t hesitate. I just jumped.”

Jasper Schuringa, a 32-year-old film maker from Amsterdam, was applauded by fellow passengers after he and cabin crew subdued Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab as their Northwest flight was about to land at Detroit airport.

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