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From ABC News: A 31-year-old man was arrested for allegedly trying to hijack a Mexican domestic commercial flight and reroute the aircraft to the U.S. Sunday morning, according to Mexican authorities and the airline, Volaris.
At some point after the flight took off this morning from León traveling to Tijuana, the Mexican man — identified by authorities only as Mario N — attacked a flight attendant and tried to storm the cockpit.
The plane was diverted to Guadalajara, where the Mexican National Guard arrested him.
The man, who was traveling with his wife and two children, bizarrely claimed that a close relative had been kidnapped and shortly before takeoff he received a death threat if he traveled to Tijuana.
The plane continued on to Tijuana once the man was arrested and removed.
BREAKING: Passenger tries to hijack Mexican flight and steer it to the U.S. after assaulting a flight attendant and storming the cockpit. pic.twitter.com/0J4KNgSQTu
— Dapper Detective (@Dapper_Det) December 9, 2024
A 31-year-old man was arrested after allegedly trying to storm the cockpit of a flight from León, Mexico, to Tijuana and reroute the aircraft to the U.S. on Sunday morning, according to Mexican authorities and the airline, Volaris. https://t.co/La0B3ybval
— ABC News (@ABC) December 9, 2024
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