A passenger had to be escorted off of a JetBlue flight for making threatening statements on Saturday.
A panic was caused on a JetBlue flight from Long Beach to San Francisco International Airport after a passenger was making threats. The man was screaming on Flight 1136. One of the passengers notified the flight attendant's about the man's threats as he believed his statements were threatening towards others on board, ABC reports.
"This is almost word for word, this plane is gonna go down, this plane is going to be destroyed," passenger Patrick Alexander told ABC. "He said it so loud in volume that he caught my attention."
Alexander told ABC that he was able to capture some of the threats on a camera phone. "My hands were shaking. I was nervous the entire time, my heart was racing," he said.
As soon as the flight crew was made aware on the threats, airport security was called and police met the plane at the gate when it landed.
Patrick says as soon as the flight crew became aware of the threat, they called airport security and they had police meet the plane when it landed. The passenger, who has not yet been identified, was escorted off of the flight immediately by officers.
"They took the guy off of the plane and maybe the threat is still on the plane, but the rest of the passengers had to stay on board," Alexander said.
The plane was examined and there were no signs of a security threat. The flight was delayed for about 45 minutes.
No one was injured in the incident. It is not clear if the passenger who was escorted from the plane was charged with any crime.
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