Advertiser & Editorial Disclosure: The Bulkhead Seat earns an affiliate commission for anyone approved through the links below. This compensation may impact how and where links appear on this site. We work to provide the best publicly available offers to our readers. We frequently update them, but this site does not include all available offers. Opinions, reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone, and have not been reviewed, endorsed, or approved by any of these entities.
Delta Air Lines flight DL 2809 arrived at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) last night from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP). The Boeing 757-300 arrived 10 minutes late and was quickly met by law enforcement officials from Homeland Security Investigations and others identified as air marshals.
No details have been released as to why this pilot was arrested. His co-pilot had no idea what was happening when asked by passengers. One First Class passenger named Sarah Christianson shared the following with the San Francisco Chronicle:
A group of people with badges, guns, and different agency vests/markings were pushing their way up through the aisle to the cockpit. [She continued that the officers] stormed the cockpit, cuffed the copilot, arrested him, walked him down the aisle, and ushered him off the plane through the cabin doors located between first and coach. It was rage-inducing to see someone being disappeared right in front of me.”
Earlier this week, I wrote about another Delta pilot arrested at Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN) for suspicion of being intoxicated. Some reports say that the pilot was incorrectly tested and that the breathalyzer was wrong. My good friend was on the flight and had to stay in Sweden a day longer as a result.
Anthony’s Take: There are no further details around this arrest and Delta is apparently referring news outlets to contact the Department of Homeland Security. I wonder what led to this arrest and why so many officers were needed to make it.
(Featured Image Credit: Cory W. Watts via Flickr.)
User Generated Content Disclosure: The Bulkhead Seat encourages constructive discussions, comments, and questions. Responses are not provided by or commissioned by any bank advertisers. These responses have not been reviewed, approved, or endorsed by the bank advertiser. It is not the responsibility of the bank advertiser to respond to comments.
Advertiser & Editorial Disclosure: The Bulkhead Seat earns an affiliate commission for anyone approved through the links above This compensation may impact how and where links appear on this site. We work to provide the best publicly available offers to our readers. We frequently update them, but this site does not include all available offers. Opinions, reviews, analyses & recommendations are the author’s alone, and have not been reviewed, endorsed, or approved by any of these entities.
1 comment
Must’ve been suspected of being an illegal. Our tax dollars at work.