Delta Flight fires after taking off from Los Angeles
After taking off from Los Angeles Airport, a Delta Line flight to Atlanta started a fire. There were no reports of passengers or crew injuries.
Reports say the pilot on a Delta flight from Minneapolis to San Francisco was arrested by federal agents after landing.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Travel Outlet View from the Wing reported that it had “raided in the front” of its 2809 flight 2809 after it arrived at San Francisco International Airport on July 26th.
Neither outlet was named pilots.
Passengers on the flight witnessed at least 10 law enforcement officials, including agents in the Homeland Security Investigation and those identified as air sources involved in the arrest, informing the Chronicle that the second team of agents had recovered the pilot’s belongings.
“A group of people with badges, guns and various agency vests/markings were moving through the aisles towards the cockpit,” a passenger told the newspaper. “It sparked rage to see someone disappearing right in front of me.”
The footage after the arrest, published from a wing perspective, shows some of the ordinary enforcers wearing the Hirano and the badge. It is unknown from the footage whether the officers are hidden.
Delta declined to comment and referred USA Today to law enforcement.
USA Today reached out to Homeland Security and the TSA for comment and did not receive immediate response. ICE directed the US Lawyer’s Office to investigate.
USA Today contacted the U.S. Lawyer’s Office for the Northern District of California and was not immediately responded.
This story has been updated.
