The FBI is investigating an alleged attempt by a man to break the cockpit of a Delta plane that left Los Angeles bound for Nashville and had to be diverted mid-flight
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Sunday, September 29
A Delta flight from Los Angeles was diverted after a man tried to enter the plane's cabin
A passenger on a flight of the Delta Airline departing from Los Angeles International Airport ( LAX) , forced the plane to deviate from its path by trying to forcibly break into the cockpit while yelling to stop the plane, reported ABC 7 .
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The Delta Airline said that crew members and passengers restrained the man, and that could not break the cockpit e closed , on board the flight 386 of Delta Air Lines .
A video taken on board the plane shows the man without shoes and with a zipper surrounded by passengers and crew members as he repeats over and over again: “Stop! this plane! ”
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They finally managed to tie him up and took him to the back of the plane.
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The plane took off from LAX and was heading to Nashville, but was diverted to Albuquerque due to the incident.
The officials of Delta say the plane landed safely and the passenger was removed by local police and the FBI.
No one was injured and The FBI is investigating the incident .
Frank Fisher, a spokesman for the FBI in Albuquerque, confirmed that the agency had responded to a report of a plane diverted to the city’s airport, but said there had been none. threat to the public. Fisher said no more information about the incident is immediately available.
In the audio of the pilot’s emergency call to air traffic control, the pilot can be heard saying that the passenger had already been immobilized.
Delta reported that the plane had already continued its planned flight to Nashville.