Two Jersey City cops who were headed to Hawaii to attend a wedding subdued a fellow passenger who apparently went berserk on a flight to Honolulu Wednesday, Jersey City police officials said.

Update: Passenger made run at cockpit, cop says



The police officers, Paul Fennel and Robert Taino Jr., were on U.S. Airways Flight 20 from Phoenix, Ariz., to Honolulu when the man, who has not been identified, "apparently went crazy" on the plane, shouting incoherently and saying he had a gun, Jersey City Police spokesman Edgar Martinez said today.

MyFoxNY.com reported that the man started stripping and yelling at stunned passengers.

The flight crew made an on-board announcement seeking law enforcement officers to step in and Fennel and Taino leapt into action. The Jersey City cops subdued the man and restrained him with plastic handcuffs. When the plane touched down in Honolulu, the cops handed the man over to the local authorities.

Taino is a recipient of the Combat Cross and Fennel is a recipient of an Excellent Police Service, Martinez said. Both work out of the South Precinct.