Delta Air Lines said Saturday that a passenger who made a fuss about the plane for no reason forced a Delta flight to Make a grounding in Oklahoma City on Friday night, which was flying from Los Angeles to Atlanta. It was alleged that the person was also a flight attendant, but was not on duty at the time.
The man attacked two flight attendants and, according to Oklahoma City police, said he was going to "let the plane crash." The crew and passengers of Delta Air Lines 1730 uniformed the man. This is the second time in recent days that Delta Air Lines has been forced to land due to disorderly passengers.
Passenger: "I was very nervous, adrenaline rushing"
According to a comprehensive US media report, Curry, a 29-year-old passenger sitting in the back seat, said that when the flight was about two hours away from the destination on Friday night, the onboard broadcast advised passengers to return to their seats and prepare to put on oxygen masks.
A few minutes later, the captain asked "all healthy men to come to the front of the plane to deal with the emergency." Curry said he and a passenger next to him jumped out of their seats. "We didn't go very far because basically everybody on the plane stood up, in the aisle," Curry said.
Curry said that as they walked to the front of the plane, a flight attendant said "the situation was under control" and asked them to return to their seats. "I was very nervous and had a lot of adrenaline production," Curry said.
The pilot and passengers join forces to subdue the suspect man
According to Delta Air Lines, the suspect, Duncan, was a flight attendant but was not on duty at the time. Before being stopped by a flight attendant on duty, he went to the front of the plane and used a walkie-talkie system.
Oklahoma City police spokesman Johnson said an off-duty pilot helped subdue him after suspects attacked two flight attendants. Delta Air Lines said passengers also helped subdue the suspect.
"We held him down and he kept screaming and crying," passenger Ginnett said, "and one of the gentlemen on the plane was a Marine, and he came over and they put a seat belt on him and we all held him down until we put a seat belt on him." That's when he seemed to start apologizing. ”
After the plane landed, the troublemaker passenger was detained and taken to hospital because he suffered minor injuries in the fight.
According to Johnson, the passengers had to leave the plane because the bomb disposal technicians had to search the entire plane.
Curry said other passengers later said the man was "very confused, very strange and incoherent". A passenger sitting next to the man told Curry that "this man made him feel very uncomfortable" and that the man asked "a lot of very personal questions" such as his name and how to spell it.
According to FlightAware, the plane stayed in Oklahoma City for more than three hours before landing in Atlanta shortly after 5 a.m. on Saturday.
The troublemaker was detained by the FBI. According to Johnson, criminal charges have been filed.
Eight days ago, a passenger wanted to break into the cockpit of a flight
On June 5, a passenger tried to break into the cockpit of a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Nashville, forcing an emergency landing at Albuquerque Airport in New Mexico. Stephanie Kitts, a spokeswoman for Albuquerque International Airport, said fortunately the cockpit was not breached and the passenger was detained by federal law enforcement agencies. Yangzi Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Yang Zhimin
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