Southwest
Officers rush into aircraft after flight is diverted, caught on video
Printed Mar 7, 2026 11:55am PST
Passengers from the Southwest needed to take a detour resulting from a safety challenge… which ended with officers storming their aircraft with weapons blazing.
There is a video circulating on-line that captured the second that occurred Friday… after a flight from Nashville to Fort Lauderdale needed to divert to Atlanta.
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Check out the video… A number of officers, outfitted in full tactical gear, stroll down the slender aisle to the again of the aircraft – earlier than yanking a person from his seat and handcuffing him.
Folks on the aircraft – unclear whether or not they’re passengers or crew – are heard repeatedly chanting “heads down, palms up”… a reminder to everybody on the aircraft to not make any sudden actions as police go about their enterprise.
Price noting… a number of social media customers declare the aircraft needed to make an emergency touchdown resulting from bomb threats. We now have made inquiries to the police however can not confirm this allegation.
In a press release to TMZ, a spokesperson for Southwest Airways tells TMZ that the aircraft landed safely at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport to “reply to a possible security concern.”
The corporate commends the flight crew’s response to the incident and apologizes to passengers for the numerous delay.
Southwest tells us prospects have been placed on one other aircraft, which continued to Fort Lauderdale. They landed round 3:30 am.
The FBI informed us they’re investigating a person allegedly concerned within the incident… however, “There was no credible risk and no prices will likely be filed.”
