- An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. was diverted to Kansas City on Sunday after a passenger tried to bust into the cockpit and open the airplane door.
- Witnesses said one of the flight attendants grabbed a coffee pot and repeatedly hit the man on the head to subdue him.
- When the pilot radioed Kansas City to ask for landing, he said, "He’s trying to get into the cockpit ... We’ve got four passengers now trying to contain this gentleman."
- One passenger tweeted, "Very scary! I was watching Dune. The lights were out. All of (a) sudden lights came on and several men stood up to rush to first class. I didn’t see the fight, just the reaction of the men. I knew immediately something was wrong."
- Another passenger tweeted, "Ya I was getting up to go to the bathroom and the flight attendant running full speed down the aisle and yelling to turn the lights on was slightly unnerving. Then the plane making a hard turn left and speeding up within a couple mins of that def told me something was happening."
- The plane landed safely, and the unruly passenger was taken into custody. The FBI interviewed passengers to get their accounts of the incident.
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