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07-20-2011, 08:09 PM
Japanese rock star found dead after arrest for misbehaving on flight
A Japanese rock star arrested for misbehaving on a flight has died in a hospital in Saipan, two days after trying to hang himself with a bed sheet in the island's jail.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01949/TaijiSawada_1949151c.jpg
Taiji Sawada, 45, made his name as a bass player with the heavy metal band "X", which later became "X Japan" and had a huge domestic following in the 1980s. He left the group in 1992 but played with a series of other rock bands, including "Loudness" and "DTR."
Sawada had been arrested on July 11 for allegedly assaulting a female member of the cabin crew of a Delta Air Lines Flight 298 shortly before it was due to arrive in Saipan from Tokyo, according to documents from the Northern Marianas District Court cited by Japan's Saipan Tribune newspaper.
The attendant was in the economy class of the aircraft but heard a commotion in the business class, where she found Sawada allegedly struggling with a female passenger, the complaint said.
The crew and several male passengers were able to subdue Sawada and transferred him to another seat in the aircraft. A short while later, he again became violent, punching windows and kicking other passengers' seats.
The captain of the aircraft was eventually summoned and ordered that Sawada be placed in physical restraints until the plane touched down. Sawada was arrested after leaving the aircraft but never gave a reason for his actions.
Held at the Saipan detention centre, Sawada apparently tried to kill himself on Thursday evening by hanging himself with a bed sheet. Discovered by warders, he was rushed to the intensive care unit at the Commonwealth Health Centre and placed on a life support machine.
The machine was turned off on Sunday, the newspaper reported.
Japanese rock star found dead after arrest for misbehaving on flight - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8645085/Japanese-rock-star-found-dead-after-arrest-for-misbehaving-on-flight.html)
its sad sad day for X-JAPAN fans
A Japanese rock star arrested for misbehaving on a flight has died in a hospital in Saipan, two days after trying to hang himself with a bed sheet in the island's jail.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01949/TaijiSawada_1949151c.jpg
Taiji Sawada, 45, made his name as a bass player with the heavy metal band "X", which later became "X Japan" and had a huge domestic following in the 1980s. He left the group in 1992 but played with a series of other rock bands, including "Loudness" and "DTR."
Sawada had been arrested on July 11 for allegedly assaulting a female member of the cabin crew of a Delta Air Lines Flight 298 shortly before it was due to arrive in Saipan from Tokyo, according to documents from the Northern Marianas District Court cited by Japan's Saipan Tribune newspaper.
The attendant was in the economy class of the aircraft but heard a commotion in the business class, where she found Sawada allegedly struggling with a female passenger, the complaint said.
The crew and several male passengers were able to subdue Sawada and transferred him to another seat in the aircraft. A short while later, he again became violent, punching windows and kicking other passengers' seats.
The captain of the aircraft was eventually summoned and ordered that Sawada be placed in physical restraints until the plane touched down. Sawada was arrested after leaving the aircraft but never gave a reason for his actions.
Held at the Saipan detention centre, Sawada apparently tried to kill himself on Thursday evening by hanging himself with a bed sheet. Discovered by warders, he was rushed to the intensive care unit at the Commonwealth Health Centre and placed on a life support machine.
The machine was turned off on Sunday, the newspaper reported.
Japanese rock star found dead after arrest for misbehaving on flight - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8645085/Japanese-rock-star-found-dead-after-arrest-for-misbehaving-on-flight.html)
its sad sad day for X-JAPAN fans