Hello, everybody and welcome to this episode of True Crime Time for January 4th, 2026. And I am Cindy Overton. I am riding solo today for this special drop. It's not like a special drop, but it's a different drop because Sundays

isn't a typical drop and it's usually not something that I do. It's usually something that Woody

does. But I am here for this episode and we are beginning our first week of the new year, our first

Sunday. And Woody will say, this is the first time, he always makes all those jokes,

the first time I'm going to say that to you this year, something like that.

For our first story today, we are heading over the North Atlantic.

It's time for world worldwide crime.

We're going to the Shannon Airport in Ireland.

On January 3rd of 2026, what was supposed to be a routine international family flight turned into a full-scale

emergency diversion over the North Atlantic. About halfway through the overnight flight,

passengers noticed a middle-aged man traveling with several relatives becoming increasingly agitated.

According to witnesses, a disagreement between family members escalated quietly at first.

Tense whispers, and then it went to raised voices, and then the man finally stood up during turbulence.

Flight attendants attempted to calm him,

but he ignored repeated instructions to return to his seat.

He began moving towards the front of the aircraft,

shouting that he needed to take control before something bad happened.

Family members rushed into the aisle, trying to restrain him as other passengers screamed.

The pilot actually had to declare an emergency and the plane was diverted to Shannon Airport in Ireland.

There, armed officers boarded the aircraft and removed the man in restraints.

Investigators later learned the man had abruptly stopped taking prescribed medication days before the flight.

And this was something that his family actually knew about but didn't disclose before they

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