Delta plane makes emergency landing

A Delta level made an exigency landing successful Oklahoma City Thursday nighttime aft a rider allegedly assaulted a formation attendant and an aerial marshal.

Police told CNN that the man, who was allegedly drunk, attacked the formation attendant earlier assaulting the aerial marshal, who was helping restrain the man.

Upon making an exigency landing, the antheral was taken disconnected the level and aboriginal charged with nationalist drunkenness and disorderly conduct, CNN reported.

The flight, which originated successful Washington, D.C., yet made it to its intended destination, Los Angeles.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says it has received much than 5,000 reports of unruly passengers this year. The astir terrible cases person been forwarded to the FBI for prosecution.

The FAA archetypal began noticing a spike successful cases astatine the commencement of the pandemic. A bulk of incidents person been implicit the national disguise mandate.