Out-of-Control Passenger Forces Emergency Landing

Margaret Weinstock said she heard the “aggressive” passenger threaten to blow up the plane and “kill you all,” adding that it seemed like “he was ready to attack the flight attendants.” The plane’s pilots diverted the flight due to the increasingly dangerous situation and made an emergency landing at 11:08 a.m. at the Detroit Metro Airport. The passenger was removed from the flight, after which authorities conducted a search for potential explosives “out of an abundance of caution.” “There was a guy who came on the plane with a machine gun, and we’re being told, ‘Put your head down and hands up,’” Esther Sutofsky told CBS about the traumatizing experience. The passengers made it to Chicago eight hours after their original arrival time. The Daily Beast has reached out to American Airlines for comment.Read it at New York PostRead more at The Daily Beast.