SOURCE: KITV - TheHawaiiChannel.com <http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/hon/news/stories/news-145239420020510-190508. html> Pilot Arrested After Airport Incident Airport Worker's Eye Injured Posted: 1:58 p.m. HST May 10, 2002 Updated: 4:50 p.m. HST May 10, 2002 HONOLULU -- An American Airlines pilot was arrested at Honolulu Airport Thursday after authorities said he became "belligerent" during a security check. Harry Hartsough was charged with third-degree assault after the incident at Honolulu International Airport. Hartsough, 51, is based in Dallas. Authorities took the pilot to the District Court cellblock, where he posted $100 bail. The incident happened about 3:45 p.m. Thursday when a screener at a security checkpoint asked Hartsough to remove his shoe and then his jacket, public safety officials said. "He became irritated because I believe one of the wands alerted on one of his shoes. And he had to remove his shoes. As a result, he threw his shoes up in the air. And one of our screeners got injured," airport manager Stanford Miyamoto said. Miyamoto said a male security screener was hurt in the eye, perhaps by the sleeve of Hartsbough's jacket as the screener was trying to put his shoes in a basket for a full security check. State sheriff's deputies arrested Hartsough and took him to the District Court cellblock downtown. Authorities said the entire incident was caught on videotape by security cameras. That's evidence that officials said they plan to use if the pilot pleads not guilty and asks for a trial. The plane he was supposed to pilot, American Airlines Flight 8 to Dallas, was delayed nearly an hour as the airline brought in a back-up pilot. An American Airlines spokeswoman in Dallas said she wouldn't comment because it's a security and personnel issue that's under investigation. Reached by phone at his home in McKinney, Texas, Friday afternoon, Hartsbough said he couldn't say anything and referred KITV 4 News to his lawyers, who were not available for comment. "We expect crewmembers especially to be very knowledgable of security procedures and to be very cooperative, even more so than the public," Miyamoto said. Airport officials said this is the first member of an airline flight crew to be arrested at Honolulu International since stricter security measures went into effect after Sept. 11. -- David Mueller / HNL kawika42@mac.com http://www.quanterium.com