In a shocking incident, a passenger on Delta Airways flight from?Los Angeles?to?Nashville?allegedly tried to breach the cockpit and "hijack the plane" on Friday.
As per a?Fox News?report, the?Delta Flight 386 crew members tackled and zip-tied the man before anyone was harmed.?
In a clip, apparently shot by a co-passenger, shows some of the encounter, with a man in airlines' uniform wrestling with someone who is out of view of the camera behind a row of seats.??
?Due the the unruly scenes, the plane from Los Angeles was diverted to Albuquerque, where it landed at around 2:20pm local time, according to local station?KOAT-TV.
The suspect was taken in to custody and the aircraft then continued on to Nashville, according to the report. No one was injured.
¡°The passenger was not successful. The plane landed safely and the passenger was removed by police and the FBI. He is in custody now,¡± Delta said in a statement to the station.
A woman named Jessica Robertson?tweeted?more than two minutes worth of footage of the suspect being restrained at the front of the plane.??
There has been so far no information as to what prompted his outburst.?The airline and law enforcement did not say whether the individual was armed, whether he was under the influence of alcohol or drugs.?
FBI Albuquerque said there was no active threat to the public.??
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