A regional jet made an emergency touchdown in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday night after a passenger tried to open an emergency exit door and obtained into an altercation with a flight attendant.
Delta Connection flight 3612, operated by SkyWest Airways, was flying from Omaha to Detroit when the disturbance occurred round 7 p.m. native time, the Federal Aviation Administration mentioned in an announcement.
A passenger was “in a struggle with our flight attendant proper now, making an attempt to open the emergency exit,” the pilot radioed the tower at Japanese Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, in accordance with a recording by the web site LiveATC.web.
The passenger didn’t get the door open and the airplane landed safely and taxied to the gate.
Video posted to social media by a passenger confirmed regulation enforcement escorting a person off the airplane along with his arms restrained behind his again.
“SkyWest has zero tolerance for unruly habits as security for our clients and crew is our high precedence,” the airline mentioned in an announcement.
To this point this 12 months there have been greater than 870 experiences of unruly passengers on planes within the US, in accordance with FAA knowledge. Potential penalties embrace jail time, fines and journey restrictions.
CNN’s Carol Alvardo contributed to this report.
