DJ forced to apologise after saying gay people wouldn’t have stopped crazed JetBlue pilot



Carson Daly suggested gays are simply not brave enough to handle dangerous situations

An American radio DJ has been forced to apologise after saying gay people would not have been able to restrain the pilot who freaked out on a JetBlue flight.

On his L.A radio show, Carson Daly, suggested gays are simply not brave enough to handle dangerous situations.



'Most of the people were on their way to some sort of security conference in Las Vegas, it was like a bunch of dudes and well trained dudes, thank god,' he said on air.



'With my luck, it would be like, 'this is the flight going to the [gay] pride parade in San Francisco. I mean, that would be my colleagues.'



Then, changing his voice to sound like a gay stereotype, Daly said, 'Uh, we're headed down to Vegas for the floral convention.'

Daly released a statement saying, 'This morning on my radio show I attempted to make fun of myself and offended others by mistake. I sincerely apologize.'

Criminal charges have been filed against the pilot, Captain Clayton Osbon, who went 'beserk' during the flight from New York to Las Vegas and started shouting incoherently, alarming passengers and his co-pilots.



The bizarre episode scared all on board, and he was eventually restrained by male passengers, one of which was a retired NYPD sergeant.

The JetBlue flight captain was restrained and taken to hospital, after going berserk mid-flight and screaming at passengers to say their prayers because the plane was going down

The first officer became 'really worried' when Osbon started to randomly flip the controls and complain about too much noise.

Osbon also said 'We're not going to Vegas' and started saying 'completely unrelated numbers' before he 'began giving what the (first officer) described as a sermon'.

In that talk, he rumbled on about 'the sins in Las Vegas', and the co-pilot eventually decided to coax him out of cockpit.

The captain was subdued thanks to the help of passengers on the flight 'packed with burly men' heading to the 2012 International Security Conference in Las Vegas

After the co-pilot suggested that they call in a third Jet Blue pilot who was traveling on board as a passenger, and Osbon then left into the cabin.

While there, he 'aggressively grabbed a flight attendant's hands' and brought up the '150 souls on board' before trying in vain to get back into the cockpit.



Unbeknownst to him, the co-pilot had changed the security codes once he left and had already radioed down for assistance on the ground.

He went 'crazy' after going to the toilet and returning to find that he had been locked out of the cockpit and the code had been changed.

Clayton Osbon said 'We're not going to Vegas' and started saying 'completely unrelated numbers' before he 'began giving what the (first officer) described as a sermon'

He screamed 'say your prayers, say your prayers' at terrified passengers after running up and down the aisle shouting 'Iraq, al-Qaeda, terrorism, we're all going down.'



Osbon, who has been charged with interfering with a flight crew and is receiving medical care while in FBI custody, has been a JetBlue captain for 12 years, and has about 30 years experience around planes. He has now been suspended by the airline.





'We live in a time where gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals find courage every day to overcome adversity, stand up to bullying and find equality. I’m truly saddened that my words today suggested otherwise,' Daly said in his statement.





'I’ve long been a supporter of gay and lesbian rights, and I’m saddened that my comments, however unintentional, offended anyone, specifically members of the LGBT community.'





'The fact that I have hurt anyone is devastating. I’m not that guy. I’m proud to be an ally of the LGBT community and will continue to fight with them.'