A passenger stormed into the cockpit of an American Airways jet at an airport in Honduras and broken the aircraft because it was boarding for a flight to Miami, the airline mentioned on Tuesday.
Crew members intervened and the person was taken into custody by regulation enforcement, American Airways mentioned in an announcement to Newsweek.
In line with ABC Information, the suspect charged down the jetway and into the cockpit, damaging flight controls and making an attempt to leap out an open window as a pilot tried to cease him. The person was not recognized.
A video posted on social media by somebody who appeared to have been on the airport captured the passenger as he was apparently attempting to get out by means of the cockpit window.
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"We applaud our excellent crew members for his or her professionalism in dealing with a troublesome scenario," the airline mentioned in its assertion.
The broken plane, a Boeing 737-800 that was carrying 121 passengers and 6 crew members, was grounded at Ramon Villeda Morales Worldwide Airport in San Pedro Sula.
The flight had initially been scheduled to take off simply earlier than 3 p.m. native time.
In its assertion, American mentioned that a substitute plane was despatched to Honduras and the flight was scheduled to depart for Miami at 9:30 p.m.
In line with the airline's web site, the flight departed even later at 10:45 p.m. and landed in Miami simply earlier than 2 a.m. on Wednesday.
It got here as airways continued to cancel hundreds of flights in latest days, persevering with turmoil that started earlier than Christmas as instances of Omicron surged and impacted journey.
Greater than 5,000 flights have been canceled on Tuesday and Wednesday, based on FlightAware, an information monitoring service.
In December, a flight from the U.Ok. was delayed for hours when the pilot introduced he had examined constructive for COVID-19 whereas within the cockpit.
The British Airways flight had been boarded and was able to take off for Barbados, however passengers have been left ready with out updates for 2 hours till the pilot made the announcement that he had examined constructive.
"What we're at present doing in in search of one other pilot to take my place and that course of is ongoing, but it surely's not going to occur shortly and in the meanwhile we've bought folks within the means of looking for somebody," the pilot will be heard saying in a video that a passenger posted on TikTok which went viral.
Replace on 1/12/22 at 3:15 a.m. ET: This text has been up to date with further info.
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