And one passenger Aubrey Gavello has since recounted her experience on flight 2059.
“We didn’t know anything was happening until the flight attendant got on the loudspeaker and made an announcement that there was an emergency situation and the plane needed to land immediately,” she told ABC News Oct. 23. “About 15 minutes later, she got back on and said that there was a medical emergency.”
She noted she “really thought it was a serious medical emergency,” after hearing a flight attendant tell the suspect, “We’re going to be fine, it’s OK, we’ll get you off the plane.”
Another man aboard the plane, Alex Wood, told the outlet that the pilot announced that “there was a disturbance in the cockpit.”
He added, “It was very professional, handled very calmly, and we didn’t really know what was going on until we landed.”
The airline shared that the incident is being investigated by law enforcement. According to ABC News, the FBI also confirmed it is looking into the event and “can assure the traveling public there is no continuing threat related to this incident.”
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