LOS ANGELES — A Southwest flight from L.A. to Kansas City was diverted Tuesday after a passenger allegedly tried to break into the cockpit.
Witnesses say the man became unruly and started screaming during Flight 3683.
The crew of the Southwest jet reported the flight was interrupted when a male passenger tried to break into the cockpit.
After landing, the passenger, Ali Reza Shahsavari, 29, of Indialantic, Fla, was arrested by federal authorities on a charge of interference with a flight crew.
Passenger Doug Oerding told Amarillo.com that Shahsauri started screaming obscenities at other passengers during the flight.
Attendants attempted to calm Shahsauri and then he went to the bathroom at back of plane and started making a commotion, Oerding said.
“All of us guys were looking at him like are we going to have to do something,” Oerding said.
He said a flight attendant got Shahsauri to calm down.
The flight landed and police officers came onto the plane and took him into custody, Oerding said.
Hawkins said none of the 136 passengers and five crew members was injured.
The flight later continued on to Kansas City.
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