Horror moment unhinged passenger tries to HIJACK Delta flight and break into cockpit screaming ‘stop this plane’
A DELTA Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing in New Mexico after a passenger tried to bust down the cockpit door as the plane made its way to Tennessee.
FBI agents and police in New Mexico have taken then unhinged man into custody after shock footage emerged of hero passengers restraining the hijack suspect - who repeatedly screamed "you gotta stop this plane".
The plane had departed Los Angeles and was on its way to Nashville when it was forced to make a landing in Albuquerque at around 2:20 PM, KOAT-TV reported.
That's where authorities took the man into custody, with police reporting no injuries.
"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.
Videos of the event quickly sprouted on social media, with a two-minute clip showing the man hogtied at the front of the plane.
Three men near the cockpit held the man down as the man screamed "you gotta stop this plane" in the video.
"I was on this flight in the 3rd row - witness to everything. Terrifying but our Delta flight attendant Christopher Williams acted quickly", wrote Twitter user Jessica Robertson, who posted footage of the clash.
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