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Co-Pilot Uses Ax to Keep Man Out Of Cockpit

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The co-pilot on a United Airlines flight from Miami to Buenos Aires on Thursday hit a passenger on the head with an ax after the man partially forced his way into the plane's cockpit, officials and passengers said. 
The plane – carrying 157 people, including the crew – landed safely in Buenos Aires. The man, identified as Pablo Moreira, 28, a bank employee from Uruguay, was arrested, said Judy Orihuela, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Miami. Moreira was transferred overnight to Miami. FBI agents accompanied Moreira on the return flight, and an initial court appearance is scheduled for Friday afternoon before a federal magistrate in downtown Miami. 
Orihuela said the incident aboard the United Airlines flight began about 5:30 a.m. Thursday when Moreira "got out of his seat, walked toward the cockpit and started kicking at the cockpit door." 
The FBI spokeswoman said she did not know if the man was drunk. Other officials said it did not appear that Moreira was intoxicated. 
The man was able to break through part of the door and get halfway in. At that point, "the co-pilot took an ax and hit him on the head," Orihuela said. Officials said the ax is equipment normally kept in a cockpit. 
"Our crew reacted immediately to prevent the passenger from coming into the cockpit," said spokeswoman Chris Nardella. "The man was injured in the incident." 
Moreira, who was traveling in economy class, was described as "stable" and "lucid" after being seen by a doctor at the airport in Buenos Aires, where the Boeing 777 landed about three hours after the incident. Flight 855 left Miami shortly after midnight, Orihuela said. Officials said Moreira was not carrying a weapon. 
Jan Boyer, a passenger who was sitting in the forward first class section, said he woke up when he heard "some shouting by one of the stewardesses and some loud noises." Boyer said he came to the man and asked what he was doing. Moreira told him he wanted to see the captain, Boyer said. 
Several members of the flight crew and other passengers came to Moreira as he kicked the cockpit door "kung fu style," Boyer said. When he finally forced his way partly into the cockpit, the co-pilot hit Moreira with the small ax. "This led to a lot of blood all over the place," Boyer said. 
Boyer said passengers and the crew carried Moreira back to the business class cabin. The captain decided to continue the flight to Buenos Aires. 
"He was taken by four passengers, and then two from the staff took him too," said another passenger who identified herself only as Claudia. "The staff was amazing. Anyway they held him from all sides until we landed."

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What do the following phrases mean?
  1. "Officials said the ax is equipment normally kept in a cockpit" means:
  2. "The man partially forced his way into the plane's cockpit" means:
  3. "FBI agents accompanied Moreira on the return flight" means: 
  4. "They held him from all sides until we landed" means: 
  5. "Moreira was described as 'stable' and 'lucid'" means: 
Are the following statements about the text correct?

1.   The plane landed immediately after the incident.

2.   The staff on the plane wasn't professional.

3.   It's not clear if Moreira was drunk or intoxicated.

4.   Moreira wanted to get into the cockpit with an ax.

5.   Moreira tried to get into the cockpit because he wanted to see the captain.