Dc-bound Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Unruly Passenger Tries Entering Cockpit

An American Airlines flight from Los Angelos to Washington DC made an emergency landing when a passenger tried breaking into the cockpit and then opening an exit door, according to the FBI.

An American Airlines jet made an emergency landing.
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Cecilia Levine

02/13/2022 9:26 p.m.

Crew members subdued the unruly passenger, who was arrested by law enforcement when the flight landed in Kansas City, FBI Kansas City Special Agent in Charge Charles Dayoub said.

A passenger told the New York Times that several other passengers held the man down and a flight attendant got a coffee pot and began hitting him on the head.

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