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AMARILLO (CBSDFW.COM) – A JetBlue plane headed from New York to Las Vegas made an unscheduled landing in Amarillo Tuesday after the captain started acting erratically.
JetBlue flight 191 landed in Amarillo at 10 Tuesday morning.
A passenger on the plane tells CBS News that about two hours into the flight, one of the co-pilots left the cockpit to go to the restroom.
A federal government official tells CBS the captain became incoherent, which caused the co-pilot to become concerned. According to the official, the co-pilot convinced the captain to leave the cockpit and then locked him out.
While he was gone, another JetBlue pilot who was traveling on the plane entered the cockpit and took over the other man’s duties.
The captain exhibited odd behavior, randomly striking up conversations with passengers on his way back to the cockpit.
When he realized he was locked out, a passenger says the pilot began screaming “let me in” and acting erratically.
One witness says he started running up and down the aisle screaming.
A flight attendant quickly got on the intercom, saying, “restrain him,” according to passengers.
Several passengers then tackled him to the floor, and they kept him pinned until the plane landed in Amarillo.
One passenger said, “He picked the wrong plane. Huge guys just tackled him. The response was Olympics kind of stuff.”
This YouTube video was allegedly taken by a passenger on the flight:
The jet is an Airbus A320, which holds about 150 passengers.
Reporting from the Amarillo airport, CBS reporter Angelina Perez says,“We’ve been told from the eyewitness that they actually made an arrest. From what we see at the scene right now there are a bunch of cop cars.”
On its website, JetBlue says the plane landed in Amarillo due to “a medical situation involving the Captain.” The airline says the pilot was taken to a local hospital.
JetBlue says it’s sending another airplane and crew to Amarillo to take the stranded passengers to Las Vegas.
The FBI office in Dallas is investigating the incident. But a federal government source tells CBS News it is being treated as a medical incident and not an attempted act of terrorism.
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AMARILLO (CBSDFW.COM) – A JetBlue plane headed from New York to Las Vegas made an unscheduled landing in Amarillo Tuesday after the captain started acting erratically.
JetBlue flight 191 landed in Amarillo at 10 Tuesday morning.
A passenger on the plane tells CBS News that about two hours into the flight, one of the co-pilots left the cockpit to go to the restroom.
A federal government official tells CBS the captain became incoherent, which caused the co-pilot to become concerned. According to the official, the co-pilot convinced the captain to leave the cockpit and then locked him out.
While he was gone, another JetBlue pilot who was traveling on the plane entered the cockpit and took over the other man’s duties.
The captain exhibited odd behavior, randomly striking up conversations with passengers on his way back to the cockpit.
When he realized he was locked out, a passenger says the pilot began screaming “let me in” and acting erratically.
One witness says he started running up and down the aisle screaming.
A flight attendant quickly got on the intercom, saying, “restrain him,” according to passengers.
Several passengers then tackled him to the floor, and they kept him pinned until the plane landed in Amarillo.
One passenger said, “He picked the wrong plane. Huge guys just tackled him. The response was Olympics kind of stuff.”
This YouTube video was allegedly taken by a passenger on the flight:
When the plane landed, witnesses say officers removed the tackled pilot. The airplane is still on the ground in Amarillo and the passengers are still on board.The jet is an Airbus A320, which holds about 150 passengers.
Reporting from the Amarillo airport, CBS reporter Angelina Perez says,“We’ve been told from the eyewitness that they actually made an arrest. From what we see at the scene right now there are a bunch of cop cars.”
On its website, JetBlue says the plane landed in Amarillo due to “a medical situation involving the Captain.” The airline says the pilot was taken to a local hospital.
JetBlue says it’s sending another airplane and crew to Amarillo to take the stranded passengers to Las Vegas.
The FBI office in Dallas is investigating the incident. But a federal government source tells CBS News it is being treated as a medical incident and not an attempted act of terrorism.
