Dramatic video footage surfacing on-line seems to point out roughly 10 federal legislation enforcement officers, reportedly together with Homeland Safety Investigations brokers and air marshals, storming the cockpit of Delta Air Traces Flight 2809 moments after the Boeing 757–300 landed at San Francisco Worldwide Airport (SFO).
The flight had arrived from Minneapolis, finishing a delayed second touchdown strategy resulting from heavy fog, touching down round 9:35 p.m. native time on Saturday night.
The footage — shared on the aviation weblog View from the Wing — exhibits brokers getting into the cockpit, handcuffing a co‑pilot, then escorting him down the aisle and eradicating him from the plane.
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BREAKING: A Delta pilot has been ARRESTED at San Francisco Worldwide on fees of Little one S-xuaI Abuse Materials, per Fox
Witnesses say at the least TEN DHS brokers bordered the aircraft as quickly because it parked on the gate and took the pilot into custody.
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Whereas no affirmation has come from the Division of Homeland Safety or Delta Air Traces, Fox Information correspondent Invoice Melugin—citing a senior federal supply—reported the arrest was related to alleged possession or distribution of kid sexual abuse materials.
Extra from the San Francisco Chronicle:
Seated in firstclass, Christianson mentioned she counted at the least 10 legislation enforcement officers, together with brokers from Homeland Safety Investigations and other people figuring out as air marshals.
The officers reportedly “stormed the cockpit, cuffed the co-pilot, arrested him, walked him down the aisle, and ushered him off the aircraft by way of the cabin doorways situated between first and coach.”
A second workforce of brokers returned shortly after to retrieve the co-pilot’s private belongings.
Christianson described the occasion as “surprising and unnerving,” noting that passengers obtained no info from the crew about what had occurred.
“It was rage-inducing to see somebody being disappeared proper in entrance of me,” she added.
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The remaining pilot appeared unaware of the arrest, telling passengers he had “no thought what simply occurred.” The rationale for the arrest has not been disclosed.
