Jewish Prayer ritual alarms U.S. air crew

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An orthodox Jewish prayer observance by three passengers aboard an Alaska Airlines flight alarmed flight attendants unfamiliar with the ritual, prompting them to lock down the cockpit and issue a security alert, officials said.

This is insane, I think this happened before already, Flight attendant needs to attend a briefing or seminar about situations like this. All this people want to do is pray.

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I'd feel more comfortable with Muslims praying on my plain than Orthodox Jews, to be honest. I don't know of any Muslims that have masterminded any disasters on American soil involving planes, but a couple Jews do come to mind......

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Yeah but you failed to explain the ritual, which to someone who's never seen it, would be quite scary at altitude, some dude wrapping leather straps around a black box on his forehead and chanting? Seriously, you'd be sweating that too. If I can bring toothpaste and nail clippers on the plane, you can't bring your prayer box attached to your forehead, fair deal.

I didn't think Orthodox Jews had to pray at a certain time of day, so why would they do this on a plane? I thought men had to pray 3 times, morning, afternoon and night, but why would you choose to do it on a plane

But this happened before already, before they even boarded the plane they must have noticed the tefillin?