Flight to LAX diverted when passenger allegedly attacks flight attendant, air marshal

LOS ANGELES — An hose passenger, arrested aft his alleged assaults connected an aerial marshal and a formation attendant caused a Los Angeles-bound formation to beryllium diverted to Oklahoma City, is facing imaginable national charges.

Delta Flight 342 from Washington D.C. to Los Angeles International Airport had to marque an exigency landing astir 7:40 p.m. astatine Will Rodgers Airport successful Oklahoma City, wherever instrumentality enforcement took the antheral into custody, according to Fox 11.

According to quality reports, astatine immoderate constituent the rider became combative and allegedly assaulted a formation attendant. An aerial marshal intervened and the rider past attacked the marshal, who was yet capable to subdue him.

It is unclear what provoked the assaults.

Delta Flight 342 landed astatine LAX conscionable aft 10:30 p.m.

CBS 2 is reporting the passenger, identified arsenic Ariel Pennington, 35, of Washington, D.C., was booked into Oklahoma City Jail connected complaints of disorderly behaviour and nationalist drunkenness.

The formation attendant and aerial marshal were not earnestly injured, CBS 2 is reporting.

“Delta applauds the speedy enactment and professionalism of the unit and national aerial marshals connected Delta formation 324 from Washington, D.C., to Los Angeles, which diverted to Oklahoma City aft a lawsuit became unruly and was removed from the formation by section instrumentality enforcement,” the hose said successful a connection that was reported by CBS 2. “We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience.”