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That was the start of one of the most bizarre episodes of in-flight violence in U.S. commercial-aviation history. Only hours later Burton was dead. It was first thought he had suffered a heart attack, but an autopsy later revealed he had died from injuries suffered at the hands of other passengers. Last week a U.S. Attorney decided to press no charges in the Aug. 11 event. But the mystery of what happened aboard Flight 1763 has not relented...
...Burton calmed down quickly after his first eruption, returned to his seat and buckled up. But panic washed over him again as the plane descended, and he stood in the aisle. A flight attendant, assuming he was just a nervous flyer, asked if he needed anything. "I'm fine," he told her. "It's just the drugs...
...Burton, wearing a baseball cap and khakis, was going to visit his aunt. He had grown up in Las Vegas and had been a popular wrestler in high school. He had earned an award for helping elderly people. The night before, he and his mother Janet had watched a TV special about air crashes. He mentioned the show to his mother on the drive to the airport but seemed fine, she says, when she kissed him goodbye at the gate...
...Burton's strange behavior during the hour-long flight, however, was noticed by some passengers even before his outbursts. "Where are we going?" he asked the woman sitting next to him. When a flight attendant passed him with a soda, he grabbed it from her tray. She told him it wasn't for him but she could bring him back something...
...this plane!" as he rushed up the aisle. "We've got to open the door!" After he had been subdued, an off-duty police officer in the rear of the plane offered to help. A row of seats was cleared so the officer and another man could guard Burton during the plane's landing. But as Burton was being led to the back, he flailed his arms, pushed his captors aside and struck the off-duty officer in the mouth, gashing his lip and splattering blood inside the cabin...