Delta Co-Pilot Arrested Upon Arrival At San Francisco International Airport: Report

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Federal agents stormed the cockpit of a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757-300 shortly after it touched down Saturday night at San Francisco International Airport, according to the airline and video posted to social media by passengers.

A Delta Air Lines Flight 2809 co-pilot was reportedly arrested in the cockpit by Homeland Security officials and Federal Air Marshals, while passengers and flight staff looked on.

“A group of people with badges, guns, and different agency vests/markings were pushing their way up through the aisle to the cockpit,” a passenger told The San Francisco Chronicle. The officers “stormed the cockpit, cuffed the co-pilot, arrested him, walked him down the aisle, and ushered him off the plane through the cabin doors located between first and coach.”

The plane had departed from Minneapolis and taxied to the gate in San Francisco. The co-pilot was arrested before passengers were able to depart the plane.

FOX 9 Minneapolis cited reporting by Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin that the unnamed co-pilot was arrested on suspicion of possessing child sexual abuse material.

Patch was unable to immediately confirm the charges.