BJJ black belt restrains passenger on frontier flight

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Flight in mid-air emergency as man 'tries to open door' and MMA fighter steps in Josh Longood, a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, says he was on a Frontier flight to Chicago when he sprung into action as a man allegedly tried to open an exit door mid-flight

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Josh Longood was heading home to Chicago from his brother's bachelor party in Puerto Rico on May 31 when another passenger is said to have assaulted a flight attendant and attempted to open the emergency exit door on the Frontier plane.

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But the 37-year-old Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt sprung into action, using his martial arts training to restrain the man for about 10 minutes - and then was called on a second time when the passenger slipped his restraints. Josh controlled him for 20 to 30 minutes until the plane made an emergency landing in Miami.

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He first noticed how the other passenger was acting erratically. "He was just talking and acting crazy," he said. "I could tell he wasn't going to calm down, so I just kept an eye on him because there were females and young kids around."

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