据警方称,一名桀骜不驯的乘客据称进行了恐怖威胁,并袭击了两名乘务员,随后一架跨境德尔塔航班被转移到俄克拉荷马州。
俄克拉荷马市警方发言人杰梅因·约翰逊说,嫌疑人斯蒂芬·贾马尔·邓肯据称说,他将于周五晚上在飞机从洛杉矶飞往亚特兰大的途中将其击落。
据航空公司称,邓肯在达美航空公司担任空姐,但当时下班了。
德尔塔说,他走到飞机前,使用了对讲机系统,然后被一名值班空乘拦住。
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达美航空公司的飞机停靠在亚特兰大哈特菲尔德-杰克逊国际机场的登机口
约翰逊说,在邓肯涉嫌袭击两名乘务员后,一名下班的飞行员帮助制服了他。德尔塔说,1730航班上的机组人员和乘客也帮助制服了嫌疑人。
航班上的乘客达伦·杰特(Darren Genet)描述了一场“争吵”,因为其他乘客“猛扑过来”帮助阻止邓肯。
“我们把他按住了,他尖叫着哭了,”杰特告诉美国广播公司新闻。“然后飞机上的一位先生是一名海军陆战队员,他走过来,他们得到了约束,我们都把他按住,直到我们得到约束。那时他已经在道歉了。”
“这很可怕,”电影摄影师兼导演热奈特补充道,他正在去亚特兰大看望家人的路上。“我们真的很幸运,我们能把这个家伙弄下来。”
没有其他人受伤。
三角洲发言人说,飞机在俄克拉荷马城着陆,没有发生事故,乘客被执法人员带走。约翰逊说,飞机被搜查并放行,然后被允许继续飞往亚特兰大。
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当地执法部门负责对飞机进行全面检查,以检查是否有任何进一步的安全问题
警方称,邓肯在报告胸痛并表现出精神健康问题的迹象后被捕并被送往医院。
这起事件发生之际,美国运输安全管理局周五在机场安全检查站筛查了200多万人,这是自大流行开始以来首次超过200万人。
Off-duty Delta flight attendant allegedly makes terroristic threats, assaults flight attendants: Police
A cross-country Delta flight was diverted to Oklahoma after an unruly passenger allegedly made terroristic threats and assaulted two flight attendants, according to police.
The suspect, Stephon Jamar Duncan, allegedly said he was going to take down the plane Friday evening while it was en route from Los Angeles to Atlanta, Oklahoma City police spokesman Jermaine Johnson said.
Duncan works for Delta as a flight attendant but was off-duty at the time, according to the airline.
Delta said he went to the front of the plane and used the intercom system before being stopped by an on-duty flight attendant.
After Duncan allegedly assaulted two flight attendants, an off-duty pilot helped subdue him, Johnson said. Delta said crew and passengers onboard flight 1730 also helped overpower the suspect.
Darren Genet, a passenger on the flight, described a "fracas" as fellow passengers "swooped in" to help restrain Duncan.
"We're holding him down and he was screaming and crying," Genet told ABC News. "And then one of the gentlemen on the flight was a Marine, and he came over and they got the restraints, and we kind of all held him down until we got the restraints on. By then he was sort of apologizing."
"It was pretty scary," added Genet, a cinematographer and director on his way to Atlanta to see family. "We were just really fortunate that we were able to get this guy down."
No one was else hurt.
The plane landed in Oklahoma City without incident and the passenger was removed by law enforcement, a Delta spokesperson said. The plane was searched and cleared and then allowed to resume travel to Atlanta, Johnson said.
Duncan was arrested and taken to a hospital after reporting chest pains and exhibiting signs of mental health issues, police said.
This incident comes as the TSA screened over 2 million people at airport security checkpoints Friday -- the first time topping 2 million since the start of the pandemic.