He was removed from the flight in Detroit and he lapsed into unconsciousness. He came to at some point at the airport and managed to charter a flight to Buffalo. The pilot was Joe McQueeny, and there was another passenger, Irwin Davis. Whether Kinecki was still very, very drunk or his thoughts had turned dark, we'll never know. According to Mulqueny, the ballplayer tried to take control of the monoplane and crash it. Davis, who had a vested interest in not dying, fought him off