Video showed passengers and flight crew members subduing the suspect, 34-year-old Stephon Jamar Duncan.
An Atlanta-bound Delta flight was diverted to Oklahoma City on Friday after an off-duty flight attendant made “terroristic threats” to take down the plane, police said.
The suspect, 34-year-old Stephon Jamar Duncan, was a passenger on Delta Flight 1730 when he became unruly and started making threats after the plane departed Los Angeles International Airport, according to police. Passengers and flight crew subdued Duncan at the front of the plane after he reportedly used the intercom system to make an announcement., passenger Benjamin Curlee said the suspect had instructed everyone aboard the flight to take their seats and get ready to put on oxygen masks. Duncan then attempted to open the plane door, Curlee said.
In another video captured by passenger Steven Denton, a flight crew member can be heard at one point calling for all “strong males” to come to the front of the plane to “handle a problem passenger.” The video shows several people working to restrain Duncan in the center aisle. “He had been acting really weird the entire time,” Duncan said during an interview with MSNBC. “This guy was up and down the whole time. He was wearing a helmet. He basically walked up and down the row opening up every overhead bin.”
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
FAA's new cleaning methods at air traffic towers aim to curb flight delaysA new cleaning regimen is cutting back on flight delays as the skies grow busier this summer. But the new procedures aren't for planes or even airport terminals — they're for air traffic control towers.
Read more »
$28M is winning bid for seat aboard Blue Origin's 1st human space flightBREAKING: A currently unidentified bidder won the auction for a seat aboard Blue Origin's first human space flight, with a top bid of $28 million. The New Shepard is set to take its first human flight on July 20.
Read more »
Pilot asks 'all strong males' to subdue 'problem passenger' who turns out to be flight attendant'Keep him down, keep him down,' one person can be heard saying in a video of the incident.
Read more »
Delta passenger allegedly makes terroristic threats, assaults flight attendants: PoliceA cross-country Delta flight was diverted to Oklahoma after an unruly passenger allegedly made terroristic threats and assaulted two flight attendants, according to police.
Read more »